Health & Fitness
DOH-Sarasota Won't Host Vaccine Clinics On Easter Sunday
Those due to receive their coronavirus vaccine second dose on or near Easter Sunday, will receive an appointment notice after the holiday.
SARASOTA COUNTY, FL — Individuals who received the first dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine March 6 or 7 through the Department of Health in Sarasota County will receive a second dose-appointment notice after Easter Sunday, the county said in a news release.
The second shot of the Moderna vaccine should be scheduled 28 days after the first. For those who received the vaccine March 6 or 7, that would fall on or near Easter Sunday, which is April 4, the county said.
The DOH doesn’t plan to host a second-dose clinic on the holiday, though. Appointments for the booster shot will be scheduled after Easter, the county said.
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The county hosted first-dose and second-dose clinics at Sarasota Square Mall Monday.
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Additional first-dose notices went out Monday for DOH-operated clinics Tuesday and Wednesday at the mall, the county said.
As of Monday morning, the county was scheduling appointments through account 193,351 in Sarasota County’s vaccine registration system.
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