:strip_exif(true):strip_icc(true):no_upscale(true):quality(65)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/5QLUZG4CXVDLJP4F4D2XBVLLFI.jpg "Vaccination Gateway Mall, 2 pop-up clinics closed on Sunday due to weather")
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The federally supported COVID-19 vaccination center at Gateway Mall closed for the rest of the day around 12:30 on Sunday due to weather conditions.
“Due to weather conditions – lightning, rain, flooding around the facility and the safety factor of not being in a hardened structure, it was decided that the Gateway Mall Vaccination Center will close for the rest of the day,” officials said.
For anyone with a regular appointment on Sunday, there is no need to reschedule – come in anytime from 07:00 to 19:00 or visit one of the satellite sites.
Operations at the Gateway Mall site will resume Monday at 7 p.m.
All federally-supported vaccination sites in the Jacksonville area have delayed opening until Sunday at 10 a.m., including the center at Gateway Mall in Norwood Avenue and its satellite sites in the Oceanway Community Center in Sago Avenue West and the Carver Recreation Center in 5th Avenue South in Jacksonville Beach.
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The Gateway Mall website offers the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine and second doses of the Pfizer vaccine. The satellite sites and the Gateway Mall website provide a second dose of Pfizer vaccine for those who received their first doses before April 5 on the premises.
Although the Gateway Mall website closed early, the satellite sites will remain open Sunday to give the second doses of Pfizer vaccine.
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In addition, the city of Jacksonville announced just after 5 p.m. Sunday that two COVID-19 vaccination sites planned for the day at the Main Library and Brown Eastside Library will be closed due to the weather.
The large vaccination center at Regency Square Mall, which offers the Pfizer vaccine, will maintain normal hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Legends Center and Edward Waters College sites are also expected to be open Sunday.
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Scheduled appointments at dozens of pharmacies in the area should not be affected by the weather.
UPDATE: The two Johnson & Johnson one-day vaccine opportunities offered by the @FLSERT at the main library and the Brown Eastside library have been canceled due to the possibility of severe weather. We will continue to update for future dates from @FLSERT pic.twitter.com/rFO0l9TgyI
– City of Jacksonville (COJ) (@CityofJax) 11 April 2021
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