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Manatee County Vaccine Update: New, Rescheduled Clinics Planned
Rescheduled COVID-19 vaccine clinics will take place Thursday, Friday at Bennett Park, reports said. New clinics are planned for March 1-2.
MANATEE COUNTY, FL — Notifications will be sent out Tuesday for a coronavirus vaccination clinic scheduled March 1-2 at Tom Bennett Park, according to a Manatee County news release.
At the clinic, which is operated by the Department of Health in Manatee County, 5,100 first-dose vaccine doses will be administered over two days, the county said.
As vaccine doses become available, names are randomly selected from the county’s vaccine standby pool. To pre-register for this pool, visit vax.mymanatee.org or call 311.
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After the nationwide winter storm delayed vaccine dose deliveries to Florida last week, the vaccine clinics that were canceled for Feb. 18-19 have also been rescheduled for Thursday and Friday, WWSB reported.
As of Tuesday, nearly 46,000 Manatee County residents have received at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the county said. More than 33,000 shots have been administered at the county’s vaccination sites at Bennett Park and the Public Safety Center.
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