So if you’re an interested nonprofit or community organization, what information do you need before reaching out? First, the initiating group should have a sense of demand. Both health departments want at least 50 people on a list or intending to get vaccinated to spur an event.
“I’d rather be going out somewhere I can deliver at least 50 shots rather than just send people out to cool their heels somewhere,” said Sarasota health department spokesperson Steve Huard.
The health department will supply vaccines and administer the shots, but they also need to ensure that there are proper spaces for the process. They need a place to get people registered, a spot for the vaccination and somewhere for those vaccinated to sit and wait for 15 minutes after their inoculation.
Florida Department of Health
State health officials reported 7,087 new COVID-19 cases, Wednesday, for a total of 1,885,661 infections. The Florida Department of Health also reported 127 coronavirus-related deaths, Feb. 24, increasing the statewide death toll to 30,878 fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic.
The latest single-day positivity rate reported by the Florida Division of Emergency Management stood at 7.55% on Tuesday. Over the past two weeks the single-day positivity rate has ranged between 7.44% and 9.62%.
The Agency for Health Care Administration reports that as of this morning the number of patients admitted to hospitals throughout the state with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19 has dropped to 4,073. Hospitals in Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Hendry, Lee, Manatee and Sarasota counties combined have a total of 270 admitted patients with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19.
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Franklin Cochran, 78, was one of more than 250 seniors vaccinated at a pop-up clinic in north Sarasota last Sunday. He said he was grateful for the opportunity to get his shot close to home.
Only about 1 percent of people vaccinated in Sarasota County are Black. Advocates say the distribution process puts underserved communities at a disadvantage. They re fighting to change that.
Franklin Cochran, 78, sat with his walker outside Light of the World International Church in Sarasota just days after getting hip surgery.
For a few hours last Sunday, the house of worship served a different purpose: a place to vaccinate more than 250 seniors of color against COVID-19.
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Correction: The vaccine event was held in north Sarasota. An earlier version of this story s headline incorrectly said it was held in Newtown.
The Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County hosted its first pop-up vaccine clinic in north Sarasota Sunday geared toward vaccinating communities of color.
Roughly 400 Black and Hispanic people were vaccinated Sunday at Light of the World International Church near Myrtle Street and U.S. 41. The event was spurred in part by community activists who called for better vaccine access for some of the most vulnerable members of the community. Rather than going through the county’s Everbridge registration system, a group of community leaders compiled a list of local people of color who were over 65 or frontline health care providers who had not been vaccinated. Those people were called and given appointments for Sunday.