COVID-19 vaccine

Gov. Ron DeSantis announces vaccine distribution partnership with Walmart

25,000 Vaccine Doses To Be Distributed At Florida Walmarts

Sydney Boles

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Jacksonville Tuesday to announce a new coronavirus vaccine partnership with Walmart pharmacies. Beginning Friday, 18…

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Winn-Dixie, Harveys Will Start Offering COVID-19 Vaccines Feb. 11

Sydney Boles

Jacksonville-based Southeastern Grocers, parent company to Winn-Dixie, Harveys Supermarket, and other supermarket chains, is set to offer coronavirus…

Council member Brenda Priestly Jackson urged community members to trust the COVID-19 vaccine.

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1st-Come, 1st-Serve Vaccine Shots Offered Fri., Sat., At Clanzel T. Brown Senior Center

Sydney Boles

The city of Jacksonville will distribute coronavirus vaccine shots on a first-come-first serve basis Friday and Saturday at the Northside’s Clanzel T.…

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DeSantis Denies Race Plays Role In Vaccine Access; Jacksonville Doctor Disagrees

Sydney Boles

African Americans are 1.4 times as likely to contract the coronavirus as their white counterparts, and 2.8 times as likely to die from it, according to…

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Black Duval Residents Vaccinated at Lower Rate Than Whites, Data Show

Sydney Boles

About 75,000 people have been given at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Duval County.Of those, just 11% are Black, despite African Americans…

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Mandarin And Lane Wiley Senior Centers To Offer 2nd Doses Until Feb. 12

Sydney Boles

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry on Thursday announced his plan to administer second doses of coronavirus vaccines to people who have received their first…

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Duval School Board Chair Asks Gov. DeSantis To Prioritize Giving Teachers COVID-19 Vaccines

Brendan Rivers

The Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) board chair is calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to make teachers and other school workers a priority in the next phase…

Gov. Ron DeSantis touts vaccine rollout at Jacksonville's River Garden Hebrew Home.

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DeSantis Touts Vaccine Rollout To Seniors Amid Tiff With White House

The coronavirus vaccine will have been offered to every resident of Florida’s 4,000 long-term-care facilities by the end of this month, according to Gov.…

Mayor Lenny Curry briefs the media on the COVID-19 vaccination effort.

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Jacksonville Mayor: City To Run Out Of COVID-19 Vaccines By Thursday

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry announced Tuesday the city would run out of its existing doses of coronavirus vaccines by the end of the day Thursday.…

A line forms outside the Mandarin Senior Center after Jacksonville announces it will be used as a COVID-19 vaccination site.

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Jacksonville’s 2 New Vaccination Sites To Open Monday On 1st-Come, 1st-Serve Basis

Brendan Rivers

The two new COVID-19 vaccination sites run by the city of Jacksonville will operate on a first-come, first-serve basis starting Monday.The new vaccination…