Two Florida women have reportedly disguised themselves to look like elderly “grannies” to break the coronavirus vaccination line. However, the impostors were caught red-handed by the local police.
Dr. Raul Pino, the director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, said Wednesday that two younger women went to the Orange County Convention Center, a vaccination site.
“So yesterday we realized that some young ladies dressed as grandmothers were coming to get vaccinated for the second time,” Pino explained. “I don’t know how they got out for the first time, but they came vaccinated. The hats, the gloves, the glasses, and they were probably in their twenties. ”
“Pino said some firefighters who helped screen and check in the people coming to get vaccines noticed something strange and Pino said the Orange County Sheriff’s Office got involved,” WESH-TV reported.
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The State of Florida “prioritizes individuals 65 and older and health care personnel with direct patient contact and residents and staff of long-term care facilities.”
The alleged geriatric hoaxers, wearing face masks, were identified by authorities as Olga Monroy-Ramirez, 34, and Martha Monroy, 44.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office released bodycam footage on Friday of police officers confronting two women who were supposedly trying to get COVID-19 vaccinations by posing as elderly people.
The bodycam footage shows a deputy sheriff berating the women for committing fraud to try to get hold of COVID-19 vaccines.
‘Do you know what you did? You stole a vaccine from someone who needs it more than you. And now you don’t get your second. So that’s a whole waste of time we just wasted on this here. ‘, the officer hears the crooks say to the crooks, according to WTVD-TV.
“When you come back, you will be arrested,” law enforcement officers warned the masks. “You’re lucky you won’t be arrested now.”
The women were not charged with allegedly sneaking into the vaccination site, but were cited for wrongdoing.
Pino said health officials are investigating how the women got their first injection, adding that they may have gotten the vaccination through a loophole or possibly through an insider.
The director noted that this is not the first time someone pretends to be an elderly person to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. He revealed that a man tried to get a coronavirus shot by using his 65-year-old father’s identification.
“This is the most popular product currently available,” Pino said of the coronavirus vaccine. “We have to be very careful with the funds and the resources we get.”
Pino said they have added more security cameras to the Orange County Convention Center since the breach.
Nearly 45% of people over 65 have been vaccinated in Orange County, officials said Thursday.
Florida has administered nearly 4 million vaccines against the coronavirus.
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