BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis was in Brevard County on Friday to announce a COVID-19 vaccination pop-up site in Barefoot Bay, where thousands of doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are set to be administered to area residents over the weekend, News 6 partner Florida Today reported.
Up to 4,000 doses of the new single-shot vaccine were expected to be given between Friday and Monday, DeSantis said. [TRENDING: 3 children, 2 adults killed in ‘horrific’ crash | Motorcyclist killed in crash -- with bear | $1,400 payments by this weekend?] The Barefoot Bay site, located at Concordia Lutheran Church, is among the first to make use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the first shipment of which arrived in Florida late last week.