Miami Beach continues to vaccinate against COVID-19: tourists are accepted today in the center located on the beach until doses are exhausted

“If you are a visitor, we have vaccines and you are over 18, we will give you an injection. This is the rule we use today, ”Miami Beach Commissioner David Richardson told Infobae. In her now traditional beach outfit, shorts and a hat for protection from the sun, she asks everyone in South Beach to come and get their shots.

In the state of Florida to be “eligible” for the vaccine, you must be a resident or prove that a service is offered for the state, however, today Sunday, May 9, in Miami Beach, on 15th Street with the beach they are vaccinated visitors from all over the world.

“We have 150 doses but if they are used up we can get more,” said Richardson, the promoter of these almost ambulatory “pop-up” centers to add people vaccinated.

“Today, we vaccinate anyone aged 18 or over, we use the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and if you are a woman between 18 and 49 years old, you must sign a consent”, details the commissioner in dialogue with Infobae. “We will be here until 6 p.m. or until the vaccines run out,” he insisted.

Additionally, he explained that if they want a dose and are in a different part of town, there are other options as well. “If you are not in South Beach and are in North Beach, we have another vaccination pop-up at the Fontaine de Normandie on 71st Street and Vendome Street. So if they are in the north, we have another truck there ”.

Infobae was able to verify that several tourists were able to be vaccinated. They did not lie or pretend to be residents, but were accepted without asking questions, simply by showing their passports. Ecuadorians, Colombians, Mexicans, Argentines and Uruguayans have already received in this place the single dose of this vaccine against the coronavirus.

Uruguayan footballer Camilo Mayada, 30, and current Atlético San Luis player in the Mexican league, was one of those who came to the South Beach vaccination center. The ex-River athlete said he used his vacation to get closer. “The opportunity was very good,” he said.

Once you reach the beach pop-up center there is a well marked circuit that starts with an inscription and then order numbers are given to receive the injection. There is hardly any line since many of those on the beach are already vaccinated. In addition, the day is quite cloudy.

The idea is to vaccinate as many people as possible by facilitating access. For this reason, in addition to vaccinating in supermarkets, pharmacies and shopping centers, the city now relies on these “ephemeral” centers, promoted by the commissioner. Local authorities have understood that the sooner those who live in or visit Miami Beach are vaccinated, the sooner the cherished normalcy the coronavirus took to the world over a year ago will return. For this reason, all kinds of strategies proliferate.

Maximizing the number of Americans vaccinated in the coming months is essential for America, which wants to restore a principle of normality around the July 4 vacation and more by the next school year. The country is on track to have an adequate supply of vaccines for all adults by the end of May.

The United States has already applied 257,347,205 COVID-19 vaccines in its territory. Of this shocking figure, 151,315,505 correspond to people inoculated with one dose and 112,626,771 with two. And in the state of Florida, where he will be vaccinated on the beach tomorrow, he has already administered 16,251,997 vaccines.

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