Tampa

Adults 18 and over now qualify to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Those age 16 and 17 can get the Pfizer vaccine with parental consent.

An extra 1,000 doses - five times the amount it was slated to receive - was set to arrive at Health Matters Pharmacy, a Black-owned business in a community struggling to vaccinate residents.

The Tampa Tiger Bay Club hosted a virtual forum where local government leaders discussed how they’ve spent federal pandemic relief dollars.

FEMA had planned to distribute only second doses at its vaccine sites between March 24 and April 7. Now, it'll also distribute 500 first-dose Pfizer shots each day.

FEMA says some people are not showing up to appointments, and there's still plenty of availability in the system for others to sign up.

Many higher education employees in the Tampa Bay area learned over the past few days that they were permitted to be vaccinated at the federally run site in Tampa. That changed on Monday morning.

The goal is to reach seniors who struggle to access public sites or are apprehensive about going to them. It's helping underserved communities get vaccinated.

People refusing to cooperate with contact tracing; young, asymptomatic people not getting tested; and logistical challenges of tracking COVID-19 likely led to Super Bowl-linked cases being underreported.

Health care workers, including administrative and reception staff, will be the only ones eligible for vaccinations at the Tampa site.

The move to Raymond James Stadium will help relieve congestion at University Mall, where thousands were showing up daily for vaccines.