The city of Sarasota has received preliminary approval for a mass vaccination clinic to be held at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, but details of when it will occur or how many doses will be available are not known now and may not be known for weeks.
The approval means that the city will get vaccine doses to hold its own clinic, apart from other state efforts already underway in the area.
With the initial go-ahead, the city now shifts to getting ready for when the time comes to hold the event – whenever that will be.
“What we’re doing now is moving into the final stages of preparation,” Sarasota Mayor Hagen Brody, who has spearheaded the effort to get the clinic to the city, said Friday.