Miami-Dade parents flock to free pediatric COVID-19 vaccine drive
CBS4's Bobeth Yates spoke with one dad who said it was the right thing to do.
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CBS4's Bobeth Yates spoke with one dad who said it was the right thing to do.
Miami-Dade County will be offering vaccines for children through Wednesday, June 29th.
Miami-Dade County will be offering vaccines for children through Wednesday, June 29th.
The researchers say 600,000 more deaths could have been prevented if vaccine roll-out had been more ubiquitous.
The vaccine drive starts Saturday and will run through Wednesday at eight different locations.
Its website indicates it is currently offering the vaccine to adults and children 5 and older.
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Some 20 million babies, toddlers, and preschoolers are now eligible to be vaccinated for COVID-19, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed off on unanimous votes from her agency's outside vaccine advisers to recommend shots from Moderna as well as Pfizer and BioNTech for children as young as six months old.
Until Friday, healthcare providers in Florida could not order the COVID-19 vaccine dosage to administer to children between six months and five years old.
Until Friday, healthcare providers in Florida could not order the COVID-19 vaccine dosage to administer to children between six months and five years old.
Florida has topped 74,000 COVID-19 cases in each of the past two weeks, while more than 75,000 residents have died from the virus since the pandemic started, according to a report released Friday by the state Department of Health.
Until Friday, healthcare providers in Florida could not order the COVID-19 vaccine dosage to administer to children between six months and five years old.
White House fires back over COVID vaccines for children.
Florida doctors will be able to directly order COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 from the federal government, the White House said Friday, after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state would not order and distribute the shots in the state.
Florida is the only state in the country without plans to preorder COVID vaccines for children as young as 6 months old, following the FDA's decision to approve both Pfizer and Moderna's vaccines.
Florida is the only state in the country without plans to preorder COVID vaccines for children as young as 6 months old, following the FDA's decision to approve both Pfizer and Moderna's vaccines.
Florida is the only state that hasn't preordered COVID-19 vaccines for toddlers in anticipation of their final approval by the federal government.
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced the continuation of COVID-19 testing and vaccination services in the county on Thursday afternoon.
Florida in recent weeks has seen steady increases in COVID cases and hospitalizations as subvariants have spread.
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CBS4 news partner the Miami Herald reports it's because federal funding has dried up.
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