The first corona virus vaccine is available to health workers in South Florida

Miami – Medical workers in South Florida have begun to roll up their sleeves to get the corona virus vaccine.

Staff at the First Memorial Regional Hospital received the first of two medications on Monday afternoon in Miramar.

Government spokesman Ron Desantis says the footage from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer will arrive at Jackson Memorial Hospital on Tuesday and will be used to protect health workers in the wake of the crisis.

A 31-year-old nurse at Tampa General Hospital became the first person in Florida to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Monday morning.

By Tuesday, there will be 100,000 doses of the vaccine for five hospital systems in Florida – the Jackson Memorial in Miami-Tate, the Memorial Regional in Broward, the Tampa General, the University of Florida in Shuntsville and Advent Health in Orlando.

The first health workers nationally were vaccinated in New York on Monday.

Local 10 News asked Jared Moscovitz, a Broward native and state emergency managing director, on Monday why Miami-Tate, Florida’s largest district and the source of most of its Govt-19 cases, did not receive the first vaccines.

He said the logistics were set by the federal government, “but we’re very pleased that it will happen tomorrow, and that weapons could happen immediately in Tate County.”

The vials are J.M.H. Upon arrival, they will be distributed to 13 other hospitals in Miami-Date County.

The Jackson UltraColt freezer is ready to store the vaccine, which should be kept at a low temperature of -112 degrees.

Florida is expected to receive 179,400 doses, but that figure is less than one percent of the state’s population.

“It looks like a huge amount of 179,400 vaccines out there. Assuming we give two doses per person, this is very low compared to our population,” said Dr. Aileen Marty, an epidemiologist at the International University of Florida.

Due to the short supply, only the most vulnerable can be vaccinated.

CVS and Walkreens get the vaccine, so residents and staff at long-term care facilities can get it.

The state Department of Health, the Emergency Management Agency, and the Florida National Guard will assist pharmacies to administer medications to those in long-term care facilities.

Moskovitz underlined that the arrival of the first vaccines was not a sign that people should reduce their efforts to slow the spread of the virus.

“It has been several months since you saw the immunity of that community, so now is not the time to lower your security,” he said.

Everyone who gets vaccinated will be given a six-page fact sheet from Pfizer, which explains the benefits and risks of the vaccine.

A recent internal survey of Jackson staff found that less than half of those polled (49%) would be interested in getting vaccinated in its first round. More than 35% said they would consider this in the future, while nearly 15% said they were not interested in the COVID-19 vaccine.

Celine Meyer, a case manager and recent bed nurse, initially said she was reluctant to get vaccinated, but has since changed her mind.

“Because I have parents and family, I didn’t want to be affected, so I thought I’d go ahead and do it,” the mayor said.

Another pharmaceutical manufacturer, Moderna, is scheduled to meet with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday to seek emergency use approval for its vaccine.