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• Look inside the COVID-19 vaccine operation at Marlins Park The state of Florida is funding the COVID-19 vaccination site at Marlins Park, but it’s City of Miami firefighters who are running the day-to-day operations. On Monday, they gave us an inside look at how it works, from the four lanes where senior citizens drive up to get the shot to the observation area they visit before leaving. A total of 4,000 people have been vaccinated here since Wednesday. (Appointments are necessary and can be made by calling the state’s hotline at 1-888-499-0840. You must be 65 or older, or a frontline healthcare worker, to be eligible.) Nancy Robertson and…
• State begins scheduling second dose appointments at Hard Rock Stadium A spokeswoman from the Florida Division of Emergency Management confirmed Tuesday that the state has begun scheduling second dose appointments for those who have gotten their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Hard Rock Stadium. FDEM spokeswoman Samantha Bequer said in an email that more than 250 people will be contacted Tuesday to schedule their second appointment. She said people who need to get their second dose at the site will receive a call from a number with a 786 area code. Operators will leave a voicemail and continue to try contacting patients if they do not answer, Bequer…
• South Florida’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues, but not much change in supply The vaccine rollout continues across Florida, but appointments because of supply are still hard to come by. Still, it was a busy weekend at vaccine sites in South Florida and there was also plenty of conversation surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine and the issues the state and local hospitals face in getting the vaccine. Recently, some local hospitals have had to cancel scheduled appointments due to a lack of supply. Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo was on hand for a mobile vaccination event for seniors at Vista Alegre Apartments in Miami. “Seniors are the most vulnerable population and the most at risk,”…
• How is Broward vaccine rollout going? ‘Very well and terrible.’ “The vaccine rollout is going very well and terrible — simultaneously.” Those are the words of Broward County Mayor Steve Geller. Many of the kinks have been worked out. They have the tents and the manpower. The problem here is the supply. “The famous stockpile that [the federal government] kept promising us ... they found out in the last week that, from the prior administration, there was no stockpile,” Geller said. Geller says they need to tighten the reins now, secure the supply and distribute the shots carefully. With the COVID-19 vaccine in such high demand, Broward commissioners have joined…
• Thousands of at-risk students return to classrooms in Miami-Dade County Thousands of public school students in Miami-Dade County are returning to the classroom Monday, as many are still struggling with virtual learning. According to the school district, close to 170,000 students in Kindergarten through 12th grade received an “F” grade on their first report card. That’s nearly 9 percent of the entire student population and about 5 points higher than the same time last year. “We know who’s losing ground, and there are some children who need to return to the school house,” Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said. While speaking to the school board last month, Carvalho said students with working…