Here’s How Seminole County Residents 65 and Over Can Plan to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine

OVIEDO, Fla. – UPDATE: Seminole County Emergency Manager Alan Harris said Wednesday night that all appointments were booked within 90 minutes of opening.

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Seminole County health leaders have announced that they will begin administering the coronavirus vaccine to people over 65 from Monday.

Injections of the Moderna vaccine will be given by appointment at the Oviedo Mall starting Monday afternoon, and the county is limiting injections to 700 doses per day.

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Appointments can be made by clicking on prepareseminole.org, or by calling 407-665-0000, Monday through Friday, 8 am-5pm, excluding Christmas Day and New Years Day.

“I just think of it as the light at the end of the tunnel,” said Dr. Todd Husty, Seminole County Medical Director. “This is groundbreaking. This is how we get rid of this damn thing.”

Seminole County received 8,100 doses of the Moderna vaccine on Tuesday evening.

On Wednesday, public health clinicians and emergency medical technicians received the first to two doses of the vaccine.

Husty said his team will begin giving the vaccine to people 65 and older on Monday, and they will bring the vaccine to people.

He said that in addition to the Oviedo Mall, the staff will also focus on senior citizens’ communities.

“Whether they are people 65 and older, we still have to think about law enforcement and educators. We have a lot of groups that should probably be okay to some degree, ”he said.