COVID-19 vaccination clinics begin this week in DCPS secondary schools

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Infectious illness specializer says 82 cases listed connected DCPS coronavirus dashboard is ‘definitely undercount’

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Starting this week, each secondary schoolhouse successful Duval County volition big a vaccine event.

The schoolhouse strategy is partnering with the Florida Department of Health – Duval County to vaccinate employees and students aged 12 and older.

The Duval County Public Schools COVID-19 dashboard says since the archetypal time of schoolhouse 66 students and 16 unit person tested affirmative for coronavirus.

The bulk of the cases are successful simple schools, wherever students 12 and younger can’t get vaccinated.

Dr. Mobeen Rathore, a pediatric infectious illness specializer for Wolfson Children’s Hospital, posted to societal media connected Sunday saying 82 caller coronavirus cases successful Duval schools the archetypal week is decidedly an undercount.

He said parents should beryllium alert their kid whitethorn beryllium infected, and that they should disguise up and get vaccinated if they are eligible.

Baptist Health reported Sunday that 13 children are presently being treated astatine Wolfson Children’s Hospital for COVID-19 and 5 are successful the intensive attraction unit.

Baptist says much than 90% of the COVID patients property 12 and older successful its 5 hospitals close present haven’t been afloat vaccinated.

Starting Wednesday, 4 DCPS schools volition initiate the district’s program to person a vaccine session astatine each secondary schoolhouse successful the county.

Through the extremity of August and September, unit and students 12 and up tin get some doses of the Pfizer vaccine astatine 1 of the 54 schools participating.

There is simply a parental consent signifier that needs to beryllium filled out. You tin find it here: https://dcps.duvalschools.org/Page/30737.