If the FDA gives emergency use authorization to Moderna for its coronavirus vaccine, as expected, hospitals across the state that have not yet received doses of Pfizer's vaccine will be getting some of the new product next week.
Gov. DeSantis' office released a list of 173 Florida hospitals in 43 counties that will be receving doses of Moderna's vaccine. The governor expects the state to get a shipment of 367,000 doses from the company next week.
Nine Palm Beach-area hospitals are among the ones statewide that are slated to receive the vaccine:
Cleveland Clinic in Martin County, Delray Medical Center, Good Samaritan in West Palm Beach, JFK Medical Center, Jupiter Medical Center, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Palms West Hospital, St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach and Wellington Regional Medical Center.
A spokesperson for the Palm Beach Health Network, which includes several of the above hospitals, says the facilities are "prepared to meet the storage requirements of the vaccines, and we are hopeful that we will be able to immunize all healthcare workers working in areas that are high risk for COVID exposures in the first few weeks of immunizations."
Palm Beach County officials voiced their disappointment when no local hospitals were included in the first Pfizer shipment.
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