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Facilities in Pinellas and Broward counties will be the first to administer the Pfizer vaccine to its residents and health care personnel.

More than half - 97,500 doses - will be sent to five hospitals to be administered to high-contact and high-exposure health care personnel, the governor said.

Uncertainties remain. Among them: What side effects can older adults anticipate and how often will these occur? Will the vaccines offer meaningful protection to seniors who are frail or have multiple chronic illnesses?

An FDA advisory panel meets to discuss emergency use approval of the coronavirus vaccine.

Tampa General Hospital is expected to begin distributing the first Pfizer vaccine doses early next week. The first shipments are expected by Dec. 15.

Participating in a White House vaccine summit on Tuesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state’s proposal calls for vaccinating seniors in nursing homes before the end of December.

On "Intersection," Alvina Chu, of the county Health Department; Dr. Amesh Adalja, of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security; and Dr. Maria Vazquez, of the school district; discuss what's ahead.

The president-elect also told CNN on Thursday he would ask Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days of his administration.

The state ramped up plans to vaccinate seniors with two emergency rules that require facilities to allow representatives from the health department, CVS and Walgreens into the facilities.

The governor said residents of long-term care facilities will get first priority when it is available later this month.