They are 20 years old, they managed to get the covid-19 vaccine and they went for the second dose but they found out their scam

Two young women in their 20s pretended to be elderly women to receive second dose of coronavirus vaccine, but their real age was detected after checking their identity card at a vaccination post Florida, United States.

Both arrived with hats, gloves and glasses at the vaccination post of the Orange County Convention Center, Florida, where, as in most places, the priority of the immunization plan is those over 65.

The case was reported to The Orange Sheriff’s Office, which reported the women were under 65.

Both, however, wore a valid card of the first dose of the vaccinehe said at a press conference Raul pino, a county health worker located in Florida.

“I don’t know how they did it the first time, but they came with gloves, goggles, everything, and they’re probably 20 years old.Pino said.

The health worker pointed out that the number of people trying to impersonate is probably higher than you think.

The number of people vaccinated in Florida, which has a population of over 21 million, is 2.43 million, of which 1.13 million have already received the two doses required by the trials developed by Pfizer and Moderna be vaccinated.

In addition to the over 65s, for the moment they cannot be vaccinated people who reside in geriatric centers and those who take care of them, in addition to frontline health workers in the fight against COVID-19.

The Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, said on Thursday that a 42% of people over 65 residing in the state have already received the coronavirus vaccine and announced an increase in the number of doses arriving each week.

Since March 1, 2020, more than 1.8 million people and 29,990 died from the disease, which places the state in the third place nationally by number of cases and in the fourth by death, according to Johns Hopkins University.

(With information from EFE)

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