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Florida begins to restrict COVID vaccine to state residents

by (WMFE)

Orlando Health critical care paramedic Tracy Harden works to vaccinate people in Clermont earlier this month. Photo: Joe Byrnes


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s top health officer says the state will begin to restrict vaccines only to state residents amid shortages of vaccines to protect against the coronavirus. The announcement comes a week after state officials had downplayed claims that nonresidents were swooping into the state to get vaccinated. Florida was one of the first to open vaccine eligibility to members of the general public over age 65. So far, 41,000 of the 1.2 million people who have been vaccinated in the state were marked as out-of-state residents.


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Danielle Prieur is a general reporter for 90.7 News. She studied journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and interned at 101.9 WDET. She is originally from the metro Detroit area.

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