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Gov. DeSantis signs executive order giving Florida’s senior population first-priority for COVID-19 vaccine

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order on Wednesday to give Florida’s senior population first-priority when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine.

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He said the order will put people ages 65 and older ahead of other non-hospital frontline workers in line for the vaccine.

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“I said at the beginning with the initial doses we want to get this out to our senior population, we think that is important for reducing mortality and hospitalizations for COVID-19,” DeSantis said.

He also announced Wednesday that 367,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine have been delivered around the state.

He made the announcements during a news conference at a hospital in Pensacola.

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