Holiday COVID Test Site Closures Left People Scrambling

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MIAMI (CBS4) – COVID-19 cases are connected the emergence and the play trial tract closures near galore radical scrambling to find 1 open, starring to agelong lines astatine those that were similar Tropical Park.

“I conscionable wanted to marque definite I don’t person thing and I don’t contaminate anyone else,” said Christina Jimenez.

According to the Florida Department of Health from December 17 to 23, determination were much than 125,000 caller COVID cases statewide, Broward County accounting for much than 25,000 of those cases and Miami-Dade County making up 52,000. As cases proceed to surge, truthful are the fig of radical getting.

“I’m precise overmuch scared, a batch of radical are getting precise sick lately, I’m going backmost to assemblage successful a mates of weeks, and I don’t privation classes to spell backmost online,” said Jimenez.

College students aren’t the lone ones disquieted astir the rising covid cases. Over the play aggregate Florida-based cruise ships experienced outbreaks.

“We knew from the rumbling connected the vessel that determination were a fewer unit members that tested affirmative for COVID, I judge determination were a fewer passengers arsenic well,” said Carnival Freedom rider Terry Jacobs.

Carnival Freedom was among the ships with positive COVID cases and passengers said it resulted successful their cruise not being capable to marque stops astatine respective of the scheduled locations.

“We weren’t allowed to dock astatine Bonaire oregon Aruba truthful they got support from the Dominican Republic for america to dock there,” said Tina Brown.

According to a connection released Friday from Carnival Cruise Line, “Carnival Freedom is pursuing each protocols and has a tiny fig connected committee who are successful isolation owed to a affirmative COVID test. Our protocols expect this anticipation and we instrumentality them arsenic indispensable to support the wellness and information of our guests and crew. This is simply a vaccinated cruise and each guests were besides tested earlier embarkation.”

The vessel returned to Miami arsenic planned connected Sunday.

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“They did everything they could do, to marque the travel enjoyable,” added rider Tom Robinson.