Gov. DeSantis Says Feds Only Giving Florida Fraction Of Monoclonal Antibody Treatments It Needs

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NAPLES (CBSMiami/CNN) – Governor Ron DeSantis is pressing the national authorities for an additional
30,000 to 40,000 doses of monoclonal antibody treatments per week truthful helium tin unfastened up to 10 much attraction centers.

During a property league with Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo astatine Florida Department of Health- Collier County, the politician said portion they asked for 40 further doses, they were told they would connected beryllium sent 12,000 doses, a fraction of what DeSantis said was needed to conscionable the state’s demand.

States cannot bargain the treatments straight from companies that marque them, they person to spell done the national government, which is allocating them.

DeSantis says the national authorities has “cornered the full market” of the drugs.

The politician said if the medication won’t nonstop the further doses, he’s calling connected it to let states to bargain the treatments straight from the companies.

DeSantis besides said the state’s Department of Health and Human Services is coming up with a program to supply at-home tests to radical present successful Florida.

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Ladapo said the authorities is moving connected revised guidance for investigating to assistance relieve the request astatine investigating sites.

Ladapo said that the caller proposal for investigating is lone to get 1 if you person symptoms oregon are astatine risk. People who are not astatine hazard and don’t person symptoms bash not request to get tested, helium added.

The Naples quality league was the 2nd 1 scheduled for the day. The archetypal 1 did not happen successful Jacksonville aft a disruption earlier it got started.

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