Walk-up COVID vaccination site is open in Opa-locka

Florida residents have another COVID-19 vaccine option in North Miami-Dade as Opa-locka is providing 200 vaccine doses per day.

The site is at the Helen Miller Center, 2331 NW 143rd St.

“We’re just happy to see that now that vaccines are widely available and distributed, Opa-locka is getting its just allocation,” Mayor Matthew Pigatt said. “The purpose of the site is an option to get vaccinations in neighborhoods that may not have been getting it in the past.”

Pigatt said city officials plan to go door to door, handing out fliers to spread the word.

State data released in late January showed that only 2% of the population in Opa-locka had received a COVID vaccine, far lower than Miami-Dade’s wealthiest neighborhoods. The city is majority Black and about 40% of its residents live in poverty, according to Census data.

The details about the site:

People who can be

● vaccinated are: Florida residents 50 and over; healthcare providers with work identification; or anyone with a filled out Department of Health COVID-19 Vulnerability Assessment Form.

The vaccine is free.

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The site is open 9 a.m.

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to 7 p.m., seven days a week and will remaim open “as long as people take advantage of it,” Pigatt said.

No appointments are

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necessary, but organizers suggest registering at the Commvax website (https://commvax. patientportalfl.com/s/ ?language=en_US).

The two-shot Pfizer

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vaccine is available. If you’ve received the first of the two Pfizer shots at a FEMA site, you can get the second shot here.