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South Florida hospitals are preparing to vaccinate all healthcare workers

Two of South Florida’s largest hospital systems could have tens of thousands of doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as soon as a week from Friday, with enough in that first shipment to vaccinate virtually every healthcare worker in the region who wants to be inoculated from the novel coronavirus — exceeding the state’s initial expectations.

After weeks of frenetic planning, the state of Florida’s vaccine plans began to come into sharper view after a Wednesday video briefing from Gov. Ron DeSantis. In laying out his timeline, DeSantis said that the number one priority would be residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, contradicting professional guidelines and leading some healthcare workers to question on social media whether they were being placed second in line.

But by Thursday, state officials were briefing local hospitals set to receive the vaccine in Miami-Dade and Broward counties to expect enough vaccine doses to inoculate not just their own employees, but other healthcare workers from area hospitals.