Longboat Key Fire Rescue and other local fire departments teamed up with Sarasota Memorial’s Brian D. Jellison Cancer Institute to form the "Firefighter Cancer Collaborative.”
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Dezzi is helping coordinate the town’s response to the pandemic.
Anyone 65 or older wanting to receive a vaccination in Manatee County can call 311 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays to ask for help in joining the vaccine standby pool. When a new shipment of vaccines arrive, the county will pull random names of people who have pre-registered to help them book an appointment.
As of Monday morning, Sarasota County does not offer a lottery system like Manatee County. However, that could change soon.
Dezzi said the town of Longboat Key has asked both Manatee and Sarasota counties for a vaccination site on the island.