MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Additional COVID-19 vaccine sites are opening up across South Florida as the state prepares to lower its age requirements for those wanting to get the shot.
“It’s a one day shot, and then we move around the county, and we set-up different places that we can do it,” said Miami-Dade County Emergency Management Director Frank Rollason.
Coming up on Monday, the state will lower the age cutoff for vaccination to those 50 and older, no questions asked.
The mayor of Miami-Dade County going one step further, tweeting that she will lower the age by another 10 years at all county-run sites the following week.
Starting Monday, March 22, Miami-Dade County vaccine sites will begin vaccinating people 50 & older.