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Florida hospitals told to look to health departments for COVID-19 vaccines

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – With frustrations mounting amid a constrained supply of COVID-19 vaccines, Florida’s top public-health official urged hospital executives on Tuesday to turn to county health departments if they need to vaccinate newly hired staff members and patients.

During a statewide phone call, Department of Health Secretary Scott Rivkees told hospitals they cannot use “second dose” vaccine supplies to give initial vaccinations to more people.

Rivkees’ remarks came as Gov. Ron DeSantis makes vaccinating people ages 65 and older his top priority. [TRENDING: Great white shark bites boat in Florida | Orange County deputy’s TikTok videos under investigation | Governor touts vaccine rollout] But hospital executives pressed Rivkees about

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