Prime Osborn, 2 senior centers in Jacksonville to begin administering 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine Monday

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The City of Jacksonville will begin giving second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in two senior centers starting Monday morning as the first public vaccine recipients will return to the state-run Prime Osborn Convention Center for a second injection.

From the three locations, it is expected that about 2,000 people will receive their second dose every day this week. That’s nearly double the average number of people in Jacksonville who receive their first dose every day, as supplies are still limited.

Monday marks 21 days after the vaccination sites at the Lane Wiley Senior Center and Mandarin Senior Center began administering the Pfizer vaccine to people 65 and older and health professionals. People who received their first dose at one of the two senior centers should come back to that site 21 days after their first injection for their second dose. For example, if you received your first vaccination at a Jacksonville senior center on January 11, you must return on February 1 at a time based on the first letter of your last name.

Here’s the breakdown:

If your last name starts with A, B, C or D, please come to the campsite between 9am and 10am
If your last name starts with E, F, G or H, come to the site between 10 AM and 11 AM
If your last name starts with I, J, K or L, come to the site between 11am and 12pm
If your last name starts with M, N, O or P, please come to the site between noon and 1:00 pm
If your last name starts with Q, R, S or T, please come to the site between 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM
If your last name starts with U, V or W, come to the campsite between 2 pm and 3 pm
If your last name starts with X, Y or Z, please come to the site between 3:00 PM and 4:00 PM
Those unable to arrive at the designated time are asked to come to the site between 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM The sites are open from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

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Patients will be reminded the day before their second dose is due.

Those who already had their first dose at the senior centers are asked to bring identification and the recording card they received when they received their first injection.

To save time, the city also asks those receiving their second dose to bring a completed COVID-19 vaccination screen and consent form, which you can find here. Printed forms will also be available at senior centers.

The city said the second doses will be administered in the two senior centers until Feb. 12.

Both senior center sites stopped giving the first doses on Jan. 21 after the town ran out of supplies.

The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are only administered in Jacksonville at the state-run vaccination site in Regency Square Mall to people over 65 and the elderly and health professionals.

News4Jax was at the Mandarin Senior Center on Friday when several hundred people received their second chance in what Mayor Lenny Curry called a “ soft launch. ”

“What we’ve shown at the city level – whether it’s spreading incentive controls, or testing and now distributing vaccines – is that we’re doing it smart, responsibly, and efficiently, but then we’re also adapting,” Curry said. . . “We have adapted here. We moved the second round so that it is based on the first letter of the last name versus birthday, and we think this will be an improvement on the previous distribution, but I would say if you have the first chance, you get the second. Please get it. Don’t let it pass if you need to. “

Curry said there is currently no timeline where Jacksonville will receive more doses. The city has no access to supplies.

Curry said the federal government is currently centralizing distribution of the first doses at the Regency Square Mall. Once more doses come in, the city can disperse and possibly expand.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said last week that the state is expected to receive 307,000 first doses from the federal government this week.

The Florida Department of Health in Duval County began administering second doses to people who had received their vaccine 28 days earlier at the vaccination site at the Prime Osborn Convention Center on Jan. 25. Most vaccinated for the first few days were Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department employees and those working for the City of Jacksonville, so they returned last week for a second injection.

Monday will be 28 days after the first doses of the Moderna vaccine were administered to members of the pubic 65 and older and health workers at the convention center.

Like the senior centers, the convention center vaccination site will no longer provide the first doses of the vaccine, but once you have received your first injection at the convention center, return to the convention center 28 days later at the same time you have your first appointment at the convention center. convention. center to receive the second dose of the Moderna vaccine.

For example, if your first dose was 2:00 pm on January 4, return to Prime Osborn at 2:00 pm on February 1 for your second dose. (The date of your second dose is printed on the back of the CDC vaccination registration card. Were given when you received the first admission.)

Monica Sharp is one of those who will receive their second dose at the convention center on Monday.

“I’m 69 and active, but you know, I’ve been avoiding activity for the past year, so I’m looking forward to getting it,” Sharp told News4Jax on Sunday.

Sharp said the process of getting her first dose was challenging, but she understands it’s a new challenge for everyone.

“People are desperate for it. I think most people are, and they’re scared of getting COVID, ”she said. “I was absolutely happy that a vaccine came out and that I could have it. I feel very happy. “

Data from the Florida Department of Health shows nearly 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered in the state on Saturday. While 1,364,416 of those shots were first doses and 314,528 second doses, just days last week, as supplies of vaccines to the state dwindled, the number of second doses began to exceed the number of first shots.

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