Broward Mayor Steve Geller Wants Gov. DeSantis To Expand Eligibility For COVID-19 Vaccine

Miami FL

21 February, 2021

3:00 PM

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CBS Miami February 21, 2021 Governor Ron DeSantis has made residents 65 and older, long-term health care facility residents, and front-line health care workers, the priority in who should be first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Now with more vaccines coming to the state, Broward Mayor Steve Geller has asked the governor in a letter to expand the eligibility to people 55 and over, law enforcement, and teachers. "People over 55 have an increased risk of bad results from exposure to COVID, all first responders run the risk of contracting COVID while protecting us, and vaccinating teachers will help with a full return of children to our schools," he wrote in the letter to DeSantis. Read more at CBS Miami