Starting Monday, any adult in Florida is eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine.

While the state expects a $10 billion lift from federal coronavirus relief funds, how to use that money remains under debate.

Now that Florida is making coronavirus shots available to people age 40 and up, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he's going to get his vaccine this week.

Starting March 29, the eligibility requirement for getting the vaccine will drop from 50 to 40, the governor said in a news release. The age requirement dropped from 60 to 50 on Monday.

In Columbia County, home to Lake City, less than half of its nearly 13,000 seniors 65 and older have been vaccinated, according to an analysis of state health and population data. Statewide, more than 60% of that age bracket have gotten shots.

He said that each 5-year age group adds nearly 2 million people eligible for the vaccine.

Florida officials are recommending that the state's antiquated unemployment processing system be replaced after a review confirmed what had long been known: a broken system full of glitches that was incapable of handling the unprecedented deluge of jobless claims spawned by the coronavirus outbreak.

Currently, Florida limits vaccines to residents 65 and older and frontline medical providers such as doctors and nurses.