Gov. DeSantis: Florida Nearing 1 Million Seniors Vaccinated, Looking for More Supply

News4JAX reports that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced last Friday that the state will have soon inoculated 1 million seniors against COVID-19, and is seeking additional vaccine doses. He said nearly 20 percent of Floridians 64 and older — which he has prioritized for immunization against U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines — has received at least a first dose of the vaccine. "We have places that can do more, and we want them to do more, and if we get more than 266,000 doses next week, we will be able to do a lot more very quickly," DeSantis declared. Florida expected to see more vaccines shipped in last week, but that did not happen. DeSantis said some vaccination sites are ready to handle two to three times as many patients that are currently being served daily. He added that the Biden administration is considering halting the practice of holding second doses in order to get more first shots to the populace. "If you do that, you probably have some more right away for first doses but you got to plan for the second dose," DeSantis stated. "So I would tell seniors Florida is committed to the two-dose regimen for Pfizer and Moderna."