LEE COUNTY, Fla. — May 1 might be the first day you’re finally able to get your coronavirus vaccine.
President Joe Biden’s goal is to have enough vaccine doses to further expand the COVID-19 vaccine eligibility requirements by May 1.
Although the federal requirements have not changed yet, local eligibility is slated to change on Monday, March 15.
At the start of the week, teachers, police officers, and firefighters age 50 and older and people under 65 who are medically vulnerable — and provide a form filled out by their physician — can get vaccinated in Florida.
At 7:00 a.m. today, March 12, Publix will open their appointment sign ups to anyone 60 and older. CVS will also lover their eligibility age to people 60 and over starting Monday.
But as more people get vaccinated, some who are 65 and older and have yet to get an appointment are frustrated and feeling left behind.
“People in their 70s and one of them has complications, health complications, and cannot get an appointment would have to now be in effect ‘competing’ with other people who are not in the same situation,” Ralph Nelson, who has been trying to get vaccinated since January, said.
The Lee County Department of Health said that they’re not able to find out in real time the number of people 65 and older who have pre-registered and still need to be vaccinated ahead of Monday’s eligibility changes.
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