America: Many elderly people in Florida rushed to vaccination centers to wait in line for the Covid-19 vaccine, while supplies were limited.

Endless lines of people, hospital phones ringing incessantly after Florida state government on December 28 "green light" on giving priority to Covid-19 vaccination for people over 65, the group

In the city of Fort Lauderdale, Broward Health has received so many calls that the vaccination appointment is closed until February.

Meanwhile in Orange County, local officials say their vaccination appointment has reached 30,000 people and are currently unable to receive more.

Local officials say more than 175,000 people have been vaccinated with Covid-19 to date.

"I can't wait to see my grandchildren again. I want to embrace the little ones. We have been away for so long," said Candice Seltzer, a retiree who has just been vaccinated with Covid-19.

Governor Ron DeSantis has urged residents to wait patiently, admitting that they currently do not have enough vaccines for all the elderly in Florida.

"Supply of Covid-19 vaccine is very limited," he said during a press conference with the retirement community in Palm Beach on December 30.

Since the two vaccines began to be distributed in mid-December, first by Pfizer-BioNTech and then by Moderna, the majority has been given priority to frontline health care workers, staff and nursing residents.

Last week, Governor DeSantis extended the vaccination campaign to people over 65 years old, patients with serious health complications.

To date, Florida has reported more than 1.3 million infections and more than 21,500 deaths from Covid-19.