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New drive-thru COVID vaccination site opens at Twin Lakes Park in Sarasota Drive-thru COVID vaccination site opens in Sarasota. (Source: WWSB) By Rick Adams | January 21, 2021 at 6:14 PM EST - Updated January 21 at 6:16 PM
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota County health officials say their new drive-thru vaccination site at Twin Lakes Park in Sarasota went well. 1100 vaccine shots were administered on Thursday. 1800 more will be given out on Friday.
“It is a lot more resource intensive to do a drive-thru, we did it out here so we could test it out, see how it would work,” said Chuck Henry, Health Officer for the Sarasota County Health Department. “I’m not certain that we’re going to stay here, we’re looking around at other options throughout the community.”
SARASOTA- As of 5 PM, more than 60 thousand registered through Sarasota County’s new Everbridge system.. “The system is working very well,” Sarasota County Emergency Services Directo
SARASOTA- 3,300 new doses of the vaccine and a new system to sign up for those appointments in Sarasota County. Sarasota County Health Department will hold drive through vaccine clinics at Twin Lakes
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are prepared for distribution in Pinellas County on Dec. 16, 2020.
We asked for your experiences in scheduling a vaccine appointment. A combination of high demand, limited supply and crashed websites have made for a frustrating week. Here is a sampling of your responses.
Disaster. Impossible. Hopeless. Frustrated. Disgrace.
These are just some of the words WUSF News and Health News Florida heard from Floridians asked to share their experiences with the state s COVID vaccine distribution efforts.
A combination of high demand and limited supply have created a difficult situation for residents age 65 and over and eligible to receive a dose of the vaccine. Add onto that a reservation system for seniors that’s dependent on online signups.