TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida will receive 179,400 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 within a week and use them to inoculate nursing home patients and health care workers most exposed to the virus, Gov.
Ron DeSantis said Thursday.A federal advisory panel endorsed the company’s vaccine Thursday, and the Food and Drug Administration was expected to follow the recommendation within days and approve the first vaccine for use in U.S.DeSantis said 97,500 doses would go to hospitals in Florida for their most at-risk workers, 60,450 would go to pharmacies CVS and Walgreens to administer in long-term care facilities under state contracts and the remaining 21,450 doses would be administered in the facilities by state-run teams.“Our top priority.