One construction worker was killed and four others were injured after a crane collapsed in the Mercy Hospital campus in Coconut Grove on Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

Dr. Rolando De León’s career recently came full circle at Mercy Hospital in Miami. His first delivery about 35 years ago was a girl and she returned as a woman so he could deliver her first baby.

Ray Burdier, who runs the popular Pizza En Fuego food truck in Miami, spent part of the summer in a coma.

MIAMI – Florida is getting an increased shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the federal government next week, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday. “But it is helpful.”DeSantis and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki verbally sparred this week over Florida’s vaccine distribution progress. The governor says the state doesn’t need federal help distributing the vaccine, it just needs more supply. I’m worried about the next couple of months.”DeSantis also spoke Wednesday about the much anticipated Johnson & Johnson vaccine, saying it could be approved in February.

Dr. Sunil Kumar was the first healthcare worker to be vaccinated last week at Broward Health Medical Center. “So between the Moderna vaccine and the Pfizer vaccine, they should not be any different. In Florida, some 367,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to ship in the first week, which Florida Gov. A larger number of hospitals can be included in the Moderna vaccine distribution than the first emergency use authorized vaccine by Pfizer. In South Florida, two dozen hospitals are expected to receive the Moderna vaccine next week.

Ron DeSantis announced that Florida would receive 367,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine next week, he also said he is aiming for February 2021 to have the state’s general population vaccinated. And while he encourages that people get the vaccine, he did emphasize it was not going to be mandated. A larger number of hospitals can be included in the Moderna vaccine distribution than the first emergency use authorized vaccine by Pfizer. “While we encourage you to take (the vaccine), we will not mandate that you do so,” DeSantis said. Last Monday, DeSantis said while visiting Tampa General Hospital that he is eyeing February 2021 for when Florida’s general population would have access to a vaccine.

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. – Two nurses, working long and tough hours during COVID-19, left their Southwest Miami-Dade house for a half hour and came home to a devastating scene. So we were only gone a half hour,” Ayleen Apathy said. Ryan and Ayleen Apathy and their two sons lost everything including their beloved 10-year-old dog, Mack. That’s all we wanted,” Ryan said. For the last five years, the Apathy family has called this spot their home.

MIAMI – Dr. Glenn Barquet, who was an interventional cardiologist at Mercy Hospital in Miami and had a private practice in South Miami, died on Thursday of complications with the coronavirus disease. Barquet fought for his life at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he did his residency decades ago. Dr. Mark Multach, Mercy Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer, said Barquet worked at the hospital for about two decades. “He was able to communicate with all people and it was his forte and that will never be forgotten,” Gallardo said. Gallardo and other colleagues are asking the community to honor Barquet’s legacy by taking care of themselves during the coronavirus pandemic.

Nurses and other healthcare workers clapped to celebrate they had survived COVID-19, the highly contagious respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus, also known as SARS-CoV-2. Pedro Jimenez, 42, also survived COVID-19 after being temporarily misdiagnosed at Mercy Hospital. Epidemiologists’ estimates vary from country to country depending on the availability of testing, quality of healthcare and the mitigation strategies each country is implementing. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention first estimated 2 to 3% of patients were dying of the disease. The United Kingdom’s Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre estimated 76% of patients ages 16 to 49 years old survived, 60% of patients ages 50 to 69 survived and 27% of patients ages 70 and older also survived.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Some guests at the Shore Club South Beach were evacuated Thursday morning because of a carbon monoxide leak. Miami Beach Fire Rescue Chief Jorge Linares said nine people were taken to area hospitals to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. Firefighters are called to a carbon monoxide leak at the Shore Club. According to a representative from the hospital, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used to treat decompression illness, wounds, arterial gas embolism and carbon monoxide poisoning. Authorities said it appears the leak occurred in an industrial-like area of the hotel that houses pool pumps and other equipment.

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. – Amid a National Weather Service rip current risk alert on Saturday afternoon, a man who was a guest at the Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne drowned while swimming in the ocean. The man was swimming when he went into cardiac arrest, according to Key Biscayne Fire Rescue. The National Weather Service issued a coastal hazard message about 4 p.m. warning of a "high rip current risk" that will be on effect until Monday morning. Authorities were advising swimmers to remain calm and swim in a direction following the shoreline when caught in a rip current. Another man died while swimming in the ocean off Miami Beach on Friday night.