WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Florida received its first doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine late Thursday and by Friday morning officials were preparing to give out the first shots to law enforcement officers in Polk County.
Gov. Ron DeSantis recently expanded the vaccine eligibility to first responders over 50 years old and said he believes the state will be able to vaccinate all of that group with its allotted amount of the J&J vaccine. [TRENDING: Where school staff, child care workers can get the vaccine| 80th annual Daytona Beach Bike Week starts | When could Orange County could lift its mask mandate] On Friday during an earlier announcement in Ocala, the governor said he would be headed to Polk County later in the