Zoo Miami COVID-19 vaccination site opens Friday

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The COVID-19 vaccination site for seniors 65 and older at Zoo Miami opens at 8 a.m. Friday.

The zoo is located at 12400 SW 152nd St.

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“We will not be testing there. There will be just one way in and one way out,” Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said earlier this week.

The hours of operation are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There are 250 appointments on Friday, 500 appointments on Saturday and 500 appointments on Sunday, according to the mayor’s spokesperson, Rachel Johnson.

You can click here to access a registration page on the county’s website, though appointments will not always be available. The county says to “check back periodically as additional vaccines become available.”

RELATED LINKS:

Before you go: Download and fill out COVID-19 vaccine consent forms

How to get coronavirus vaccines in Miami-Dade County


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Amanda Batchelor is the managing editor for Local10.com.