Limited Number Of COVID-19 Vaccine Time Slots To Open Friday

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL — Miami-Dade County will release a limited number of coronavirus vaccine appointments available to seniors age 65 and older Friday at 4 p.m., according to a news release from the county.

The appointments will be available through a scheduling tool at miamidade.gov/vaccine. The website is also available in Spanish at miamidade.gov/vacuna and in Haitian Creole at miamidade.gov/vaksen.

Miami-Dade County has partnered with Baptist Health South Florida and the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade to make additional vaccination sites available through the county’s scheduling tool, according to the news release. All vaccination sites are by appointment only and walk-ups will not be accepted.

“My priority is to get shots in arms as fast possible, and we are working closely with all our partners to make additional vaccination sites available as we receive new supplies,” Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said. “We are proud to partner with Baptist Health South Florida and the Department of Health in Miami-Dade to expand vaccine availability, and to provide a central, one-stop tool — miamidade.gov/vaccine — for residents to schedule appointments at vaccination locations as they become available.”

Demand for vaccines is currently much greater than existing supply, and Miami-Dade County along with its partners is working hard to make vaccines available to the community as fast as new supplies are received, the county said.

Miami-Dade Public Libraries provide internet and computer access for any members of the community not able to access the website from home.

Registration to receive a vaccine through the new state-run distribution site at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens also went live Friday morning at 8 a.m. For the next seven days, 1,000 appointments will be available at the site each day.

To register, residents 65 and older should call 888-499-0840. Additional registration options will be available soon.