COVID-19 : 
Seniors will be the priority to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, Florida Governor Ron Desantis recently said, and the measure will be effective from Monday, December 28, amid a significant increase in positive cases in the world. ‘state.
Dr Dadila Garcés, an epidemiologist and professor at Miami Dade College, said this second wave of the virus was predictable. “This is the second wave of COVID-19, we knew it would occur during the fall and winter months and on the flip side, a relaxation of measures has occurred.”
Identified by the CDC as the population most vulnerable to possible coronavirus infections, in Miami Dade County, the first doses to the elderly will begin to be administered by Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach.
The first to receive the vaccine will be the grandparents living in retirement homes, then those over 75 years old.
The medical center has warned that vaccines will be administered in vehicles and for those who do not have this facility, they will use the Trollys service. However, appointments can be made between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays and only until 1 p.m. on weekends.
As of Sunday, more than 7,300 new positive cases were reported in Florida and according to the Department of Health, the number of people infected has already reached 1,271,979 since the start of the pandemic. With the vaccine, the rate of infections and deaths is expected to begin to decline.
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