An Update from the Broward County COVID-19 JIC – January 29, 2021

Broward JIC Snapshot #9: New Online Vaccine Preregistration System is Here! 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Broward County residents can now access the State of Florida COVID-19 Vaccine Pre-registration System to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments for individuals 65+ and frontline health care workers. Eligible individuals can register for vaccine appointments online at myvaccine.fl.gov. or by calling 866-201-6313 (TTY 833-476-1526). Eligible individuals who register will be contacted when an appointment is available for them.  
• The Florida Department of Emergency Management’s program of community points of distribution (PODS) for seniors age 65+ is ongoing. The POD at Carriage Hills in Hollywood closed on January 27. Faith based POD missions are ongoing and will be at worship centers in Miramar and Lauderdale Lakes (for first doses) and Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale (for second doses) this weekend. Municipalities have been asked to provide potential locations for municipal and/or worship center PODS for the State’s consideration. Input is due to the Broward County Emergency Operations Center by Friday, January 29. Call Ron Guerrero at 954-831-3915 or email raguerrero@broward.org. 

 LATEST NEWS

• According to the Florida Department of Health Florida Shots database, through January 28, 2021: 111,653 individuals in Broward County have received their first dose of vaccine; 24,268 have received the complete two-shot series; a total of 136,121 have been vaccinated. People vaccinated in Broward County account for 8.7 percent of the 1,567,152 people vaccinated in Florida through January 27.
• Through 1/2/21, 87,838 vaccines have been administered at DOH-Broward managed sites in partnership with Broward County, municipalities, BSO, municipal law enforcement and EMS/Fire Rescue. 
• Targeted vaccine programs continue for front line health care workers and residents age 65+ in accordance with the Governor’s Executive Order. Florida is home to more than 4.5 million seniors. According to a news release from the Office of the Governor, by January 12, Florida had vaccinated nearly 350,000 seniors, more than any other state in the nation.

• In anticipation of an expansion in number of vaccine doses received, the Department of Health in Broward, in partnership with the Broward County Medical Reserve Corps, has been recruiting active and retired healthcare professionals to volunteer to assist in distributing COVID-19 vaccines to the community. Apply Here

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For DOH-Broward, visit FloridaHealth.gov; call 866-779-6121 or eMail COVID-19@flhealth.gov.

For Broward County, visit Broward.org/Coronavirus;  or call COVID-19 Hotline at 954-357-9500

This update was prepared by Broward County ESF 14 – Public Information for the purpose of

keeping elected officials, municipal contacts and key stakeholders informed about collaborative activities

in our community to combat COVID-19. Questions, email publicinfo@Broward.org. 

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