Vaccine tourism: the United States offers Johnson & Johnson doses at Miami airport

Getting the COVID 19 Vaccine is Getting Easier in Miamieven for tourists.

The federal government, in collaboration with the county authorities Miami Dade, set up a temporary vaccination clinic in the Miami International Airport, with two locations within the property, and which will run until June 18, except June 8 and 9.

The central location is at Terminal D, in the auditorium on the fourth floor. Between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., without an appointment, anyone over the age of 18 can be vaccinated. When the project started in mid-May, it offered the Pfizer vaccine It requires two doses. Logically, being an airport, most of those who are vaccinated there are in transit, so during the month of June, the vaccine is offered developped by Johhnson & Johnson, which is a single dose.

The second vaccination point at the airport is organized to serve those who come automobiles and is in the taxi area just outside the airport. It also offers the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

This temporary clinic was originally designed for airport workers. However, like any other Florida vaccination center, as proof of state residency is not required, tourists are the ones who use this clinic the most.

And, since most people in the county who want to get vaccinated have already been vaccinated, now the focus is on those who do not live in Miami.

When a person arriving at Miami International Airport from an international flight, an employee of the airport approaches the departure of the flights to offer vaccines. What in other countries would seem impossible is already a reality in South Florida. Vaccines are offered, and the delay is not long. Typically, the vaccination process without a prior shift at the airport takes less than half an hour.

Miami Airport handles 50 million people a year. Local authorities have always been aware that this is a source of COVID-19 contagion, so it is essential that these people are also immunized in order to take care of the local population.

Another important point for the vaccination of the inhabitants is to ensure tourism. This industry continues to be the one that generates the most jobs in the county, therefore, securing tourists who decide to travel is part of the strategy to revive the local economy.

The airport is not the only point in the department where vaccines are intended for tourists. Although tourists can be vaccinated in any central Florida, many are approaching vaccination tents set up on the beach.

On the sands of Miami Beach, at 16th Street and 5th Street, there are vaccination tents where the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is also offered.

As in the whole state, the only condition to be vaccinated is to present a document indicating the age of the person. In some cases, they ask for an address, which can be a hotel or a temporary rental address. If they are teenagers between 12 and 16 years old, They must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

So far, the state of Florida has vaccinated 18.9 million people with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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