Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, the Florida Department of Health and Florida Division of Emergency Management launched two new COVID-19 vaccination sites, one at the Miami Marlins Stadium, and the other at the Regency Square Mall in Jacksonville. Both sites will be open seven days a week and will offer the vaccine to all individuals 65 years of age and older, as well as frontline health care workers. The site at the Marlins Stadium will operate 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. and the site at the Regency Square Mall in Jacksonville will operate 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Both sites are currently COVID-19 testing sites and will continue to conduct COVID-19 testing while also operating as vaccination sites.

The sites will offer 1,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to pre-registered individuals per day, free of charge. No walk-ups will be accepted.

To make an appointment at Miami Marlins Stadium, please call 1-888-499-0840, TTY 1-888-256-8918.

To make an appointment at Regency Square Mall in Jacksonville, please call 1-866-200-3762, TTY 833-476-1027. 

After receiving their first vaccination, individuals will be contacted to arrange a time to receive their second dose. Persons who receive their first dose will need to return in three weeks for the second dose.

All individuals will be asked to make an appointment and are encouraged to bring a government-issued form of identification and health insurance information to the site.

These state-supported sites will increase public access to the COVID-19 vaccine under Florida’s “Seniors First” proactive vaccination plan that prioritizes offering the COVID-19 vaccine to Floridians 65 years of age and older. More information on the “Seniors First” commitment is available here.

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