USF Health will give coronavirus vaccine to faculty, staff 65 and over – Tampa Bay Times

The University of South Florida soon will begin administering coronavirus vaccine to eligible faculty, staff and students, as well as to patients of USF Health, school officials announced Thursday.

People receiving the vaccinations must be 65 or older, but USF is taking steps to broaden the effort to other groups later. The school has taken a survey to gauge interest in the vaccine among university faculty and members of their immediate households when additional doses become available.

University spokesman Adam Freeman said USF expects to receive an initial 2,300 doses of the vaccine produced by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. The effort is being undertaken through a partnership with the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County.

The vaccine will be free and administered at the USF Health Morsani Center for Advanced Health Care by appointment only. Additional locations will be opened later.

The University of Florida began administering vaccines to faculty and staff above 65 last week. Earlier this week, they had administered around 600 vaccines to those of 1,100 identified eligible.

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