Mayor Levine Cava Vaccinated At Tropical Park Site Wednesday

MIAMI, FL — Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava was given her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Miami’s Tropical Park vaccination site Wednesday morning.

She received the Pfizer-BioNTech brand vaccine at the park, which is a county-run vaccination site.

Tropical Park is located at 7900 SW 40th Street in Miami. Learn more about registering for an appointment, as well as other vaccination sites in Miami-Dade County online here.

“I got my first shot. I feel liberated. I am so greatly to everyone who’s made this possible - our frontline workers, our nurses, our firefighters, our police officers, the scientists who invented this vaccine,” Levine Cava said in a video she shared on Twitter Wednesday. “Truly life can begin to return to some normalcy and for me, personally, it means I can see my grandchildren and give them a big hug. I can’t wait.”

The mayor tested positive for coronavirus in November after her husband, Dr. Robert Cava, was exposed to the virus by one of his patients.

As of Tuesday morning, more than 500,000 people have been vaccinated in Miami-Dade County, according to state data. Of those, more than 250,000 have completed the vaccination series of either a single or two doses.