Anyone 40 years of age or older can get vaccinated at the Orange County Convention Center on Monday, according to the mayor

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said anyone 40 or older will be able to choose the coronavirus vaccine at the Orange County Convention Center starting Monday.

Demings said he has held talks with state officials about the measure to reduce vaccine eligibility. This decision does not follow the current eligibility list in Florida, but Demings said he does not believe Gov. Ron DeSantis is preventing Orange County from taking that step.

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“At the end of the day, the governor wants the best for residents of Florida and Orange County,” Demings said.

Residents between the ages of 40 and 59 can visit ocfl.net/vaccine at 9 a.m. Monday to request an appointment.

County officials said crews can administer 3,000 doses of COVID-19 a day to the convention center.

The mayor expects the herd’s immunity number to reach 80% of the population.

“We’ve done a pretty good job with our seniors and now we have to move on to middle young adults,” Demings said.

Orange County officials said 57% of people aged 60 or over in Orange County have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Any educator, law enforcement employee, correctional officer, firefighter employee, health worker, veteran and medically vulnerable person are eligible for the vaccine in Orange County.

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Anyone interested in enrolling in the Orange County vaccine can click this link.

The county also offers free transportation for anyone 60 years of age or older with an appointment scheduled at the Orange County Convention Center and the FEMA site on the west campus of the Valencian College. Anyone interested in using this program can call 311.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the health department has reported more than 119,000 cases of COVID-19 in Orange County.

The DOH reports that 2,505 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19 and 1,158 people have died from coronavirus in the county.

Health officials say 219,000 people have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Orange County.