UF Health Jacksonville CEO Believed to Be First in Florida to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine

The CEO of UF Health Jacksonville is believed to be the first person in the state of Florida to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

Dr. Leon Haley Jr. was the first of a group of 10 front-line health care workers at UF Health Jacksonville who got vaccinated on Monday, December 15, 2020.

According to a release from UF Health Jacksonville, the group is believed to be the first in Florida, and possibly the Southeast, to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, shortly after a shipment of 20,000 doses arrived at the health system.

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