Coronavirus in Miami: free vaccination has started on the beaches

This morning, starting at 10 a.m. local time, on one of the busiest beaches in Miami he started to vaccinate against coronavirus without an appointment or other requirements. The booth, located on 16th Street, on the sand, contains doses of the drug Johnson and Johnson and will be open until they are finished.

On social networks, the city commissioner, David Richardson, announced the opening of the site, said there were already around 30 people in line to apply the vaccine and assured that more than 200 will remain open until doses are finished.

The announcement of this new campaign post was also made by the commissioner on social networks two days ago. There, he communicated: “We will have another vaccination center against Covid-19 this Sunday, May 2, on 16th Street Beach, in the sand. This location will have single-dose J&J vaccines and will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. or while supplies last. Please share this information. “

The only requirement to receive the vaccine is to be over 18 years of age.

In the midst of the massive vaccination campaign led by the U.S. government to Joe Biden, which unlike its predecessor Donald trump focus on the pandemic and promised to fight the virus, more than 240 159 677 doses have already been applied, which means 741,355 per million inhabitants out of a population of 323,947,000 people.

So far, these numbers translate to more than 53% of the vaccinated population with at least one injection, a percentage only exceeded by Israel and the UK.

However the country’s authorities are concerned because in recent weeks, in states like New York, they have reported vaccination sites with doses not applied, before the drop in attendance of these spaces.

In fact, this proposal on the beach responds to this, to the low vaccination recorded in recent times, especially among the youngest. The proposal aims to solve this problem, which has been highlighted by the low demand registered on the newly opened site across from Miami Beach City Hall.

In fact, in a similar vein, Mayor Dan Gelber suggested this week that companies make offers to those who show proof of vaccination. In order to incite campaign ahead of time, he also asked the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce to think about ways to vaccinate customers and employees, according to what was published by the Miami Herald newspaper.

But it is not the only one strategy which is applied in the country. Besides putting up stalls on the beach and looking for cheap deals, in several states they even try with beer, free donuts, coupons and even chances to win a car. All with the aim of increasing the number of vaccinated.

The drugs applied throughout the country are those developed by Pfizer / BioNTech, Moderna y Johnson & Johnson.

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