JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two COVID-19 testing centers in Jacksonville will close Thursday night in order to make necessary preparations to transition them into vaccination-only sites starting next week.
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry gave details about the transition in a news conference Thursday afternoon.
Curry said that the Lane Wiley Senior Center located at 6710 Wiley Road and the Mandarin Senior Center located at 3848 Hartley Road will be transitioned from testing centers into vaccination sites. Both facilities will close for regular COVID-19 testing starting at 5 p.m. Thursday and reopen Monday for vaccinations.
The mayor is expected to release additional information on Friday regarding specific time slots and availability.
He says that these new vaccination sites will further help Jacksonville's most vulnerable population get inoculated while continuing to provide protection for first responders and medical workers on the front line.
According to an executive order by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Phase 1 priority groups for the COVID-19 are frontline health care workers and residents and staff at long-term care facilities. People who are 65 and older are also eligible to receive vaccinations.
