Tuesday, December 29, 2020

COVID Vaccine Expected Next Week For Hendry-Glades County, Fl

LABELLE, FL. -- The Hendry/Glades Health Department says it expects to receive a shipment of vaccine this week and will proceed accordingly per the Governor's Executive Order to distribute it.

Recent data shows 12 people in Hendry county have received the first shot of the vaccine. There are 42,000 people in Hendry county and 14,000 in Glades county.

Hendry county will be expected to get a very small share of Florida's vaccine. 122,881 Floridians received the first dose of a two-part vaccine as of Monday morning while Florida had been allocated only 546,400 doses as of Dec. 16. 

Florida's population is 21,480,000.

Once the vaccine is received and ready for distribution the health department will send out notification on how to register for an appointment.

They are expecting signups for appointments to start being scheduled on Monday January 4th, 2021.

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