Brevard County

Here’s where you can get the COVID-19 vaccine in Brevard County this weekend

Osceola health officials offer COVID-19 vaccine events ahead of upcoming school year Some Central Florida health departments said they are ramping up COVID-19 vaccine efforts before school is back in session.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health-Brevard will hold its next COVID-19 vaccination outreach clinic on Saturday.

The clinic will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Eau Gallie Civic Center, 1551 Highland Ave., in Melbourne. No appointments are required.

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Officials said based on availability, the clinic will provide the first dose of the two-dose Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, with follow-up appointments for the second dose, and also the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Health officials said they’ve seen a spike in COVID-19 cases in Brevard County that is attributed to the highly infectious delta variant of the coronavirus. They said the variant is twice as contagious as the original COVID-19.

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Sarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson, WFTV.com

Sarah Wilson joined WFTV Channel 9 in 2018 as a digital producer after working as an award-winning newspaper reporter for nearly a decade in various communities across Central Florida.

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