5,100 more Manatee County seniors to receive appointments for COVID-19 vaccine
Manatee County will begin booking appointments on Monday to vaccinate 5,100 more seniors against COVID-19.
The appointments will be scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at Tom Bennett Park, 400 Cypress Creek Blvd., Bradenton. There will be 1,700 appointments scheduled per day.
The 5,100 recipients will be randomly selected from the county’s vaccine standby pool and will be contacted with their appointment date and time. Transportation is available from Manatee County Area Transportation buses for those seniors who do not have a way to get to Tom Bennett Park, which is near the interchange of State Road 64 and Interstate 75.
Any seniors not in that standby pool can register at vax.mymanatee.org.
Separately, MCR Health will be immunizing seniors 65 and older from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Rubonia Community Center, 1309 72nd St. E., Palmetto. Vaccines are free, but a small administration fee may apply. Anyone interested in making an an appointment needs to call 941-212-4327 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday thru Wednesday.
As of Monday morning, there have been 12,063 people in Manatee County who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Another 20,940 people have received the first dose of one of the COVID-19 vaccines.
This week, Manatee County’s allotment of vaccines increased to 6,100 doses. Of those, MCR Health was set to receive 1,000.
Last week, MCR Health in partnership with the county health department helped to vaccinate about 300 teachers, bus drivers and other district employees who are 65 years old or older at clinics they run at Southeast High School and Manatee Elementary School. MCR received 1,600 doses to help vaccinate district employees.
This week, staffers who are 65 years old or older at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School and State College of Florida Collegiate School will be vaccinated.
This story was originally published February 8, 2021 at 11:29 AM.
