Prime Osborn, 2 Jacksonville senior care centers to begin administering 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Monday

JACKSONVILLE, Florida. – The city of Jacksonville is expected to begin giving second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at two senior centers starting Monday morning, when the first public vaccine containers at the state-run Osborn Convention Center will begin to return for a second injection.

Among the three sites, around 2,000 people are expected to receive their second doses every day this week. This is almost double the average number of people in Jacksonville who receive their first dose every day because supplies are still limited.

Monday marks 21 days after the vaccination sites at Lane Wiley Senior Center and Mandarin Senior Center started administering the Pfizer vaccine to people age 65 and older and healthcare professionals. People who received their first dose at one of the two elderly centers should return to the second dose 21 days after the first injection. For example, if you received your first vaccination at a Jacksonville senior center on January 11, you must return on February 1 at the time based on the first letter of your last name.

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Here is the breakdown:

• If your surname starts with A, B, C or D, come to the site between 9am and 10am

• If your surname starts with E, F, G or H, come to the site between 10 am and 11 am

• If your surname starts with I, J, K or L, come to the site between 11am and 12pm

• If your surname starts with M, N, O or P, come to the site between 12:00 and 13:00

• If your surname starts with Q, R, S or T, come to the site between 1 pm and 2 pm

• If your surname starts with U, V or W, come to the site between 2pm and 3pm

• If your surname starts with X, Y or Z, come to the site between 3pm and 4pm

• Those who are unable to attend at the designated time must attend between 16:00 and 17:00. Sites will be open from 9am to 5pm.

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Patients will receive a reminder over the phone the day before the second dose is due.

Those who have already taken the first dose in the elderly centers must bring identification and the vaccination form they received when receiving the first injection.

To save time, the city also asks those receiving the second dose to bring the COVID-19 screening and consent form, which can be found here. Printed forms will also be available at the elderly centers.

The city said the second doses will be administered at the two elderly centers by February 12.

The two elderly centers stopped giving their first doses on January 21, after the city’s supply ran out.

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The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are being administered only in Jacksonville, at the vaccination site of the Regency Square Mall, for people aged 65 and over and health professionals.

News4Jax was at the Mandarin Senior Center on Friday when a few hundred people were given their second chance at what Mayor Lenny Curry called a “soft launch”.

“What we demonstrate at the municipal level – whether by distributing stimulus checks, testing and now vaccine delivery – is that we do this intelligently, responsibly and efficiently, but we also adapt,” said Curry. “We adapt here. We changed the second round to be based on the first letter of the surname in relation to the birthday and we believe this will be an improvement on the previous distribution, but I would say that if you got the first try, you need to get the second. Please take it. Don’t let it go when you need it. “

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Curry said there is no timetable at the moment when Jacksonville will receive more doses. The city has no access to supplies.

Curry said the federal government is currently centralizing the distribution of the first doses at the Regency Square Mall. As more doses arrive, the city can distribute and potentially expand.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said last week that the state should receive 307,000 first doses from the federal government this week.