Pinellas Making Progress In Effort To Vaccinate Senior Citizens

PINELLAS COUNTY, FL — The Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County, in partnership with the Florida Department of Health, Florida Division of Emergency Management and Pinellas County Government, is making progress in vaccinating senior citizens age 65 and up.

Recent accomplishments include:

• Provided vaccinations to more than 230 seniors from 16 predominantly African American churches in St. Petersburg during the weekend of Jan. 30-31. It was the second faith-based outreach in the area.
• DOH-Pinellas is organizing a Vaccine Equity Task Force with varied representation to identify potential sites and opportunities for vaccinations in underserved areas.
• More than 84,000 Pinellas residents have received at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
• Multiple Publix locations began scheduling Pinellas appointments at their pharmacies.
• The agency's director, Dr. Ulyee Choe, continues to inform the community via presentations at Pinellas Board of County Commission meetings. He also did a panel discussion via the web on vaccine health equity with other community partners and participated in a Facebook Live with Pinellas County representatives Feb. 5 to address public concerns.
• Second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine began this next at four public distribution sites managed by the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas and Pinellas County fire paramedic teams.

Residents 65 and older who got their first dose after booking through the CDR HealthPro portal should have already scheduled a second appointment time. To verify appointment times, log in to the patient portal.

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