ORLANDO, Fla. – Anyone over 16 years old was able to register for upcoming vaccine appointments at the Orange County Convention Center site.
The appointment portal at ocfl.net/vaccine opened at 9 a.m. Friday and was fully booked a short time later. The eligibility requirements expand statewide to include anyone 16 and older on Monday, however, 16 and 17-year-olds will need a parent or guardian to register them for their vaccine appointments and will only be eligible for the Pfizer shots, according to the county.
A parent or guardian will also need to accompany their teen to get the vaccine. Florida is slated to receive more than 300,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine next week, an increase from the more than 122,000 doses this week.