Miami-Dade County Opens New Covid Testing Sites, Expands Hours

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami-Dade County has opened 2 caller coronavirus investigating sites and extended hours astatine Zoo Miami successful effect to accrued request for testing.

“We are moving astir the timepiece to marque definite Miami-Dade residents person entree to investigating to support themselves and their loved ones during the vacation season,” said Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

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“We are extending hours and opening caller investigating sites, and we besides distributed 152,000 instrumentality location accelerated trial kits to respond to the accrued request for testing. Our residents are doing the close happening by getting tested if they were exposed, person symptoms, oregon to instrumentality other precautions during the holidays, and that’s wherefore we are doing everything we tin to grow entree to investigating Countywide.”

“We are arrogant of our enactment with Mayor Levine Cava; her enactment to supply escaped investigating to the assemblage is simply a fantastic illustration for the remainder of the state to follow,” said Ron Gonçalves, General Manager for NOMI Health Florida. “We don’t person capable words to convey Nomi’s frontline workers who are putting their lives connected the enactment successful administering tens of thousands of tests and vaccines daily, moving agelong hours -even during the holidays- truthful we tin support sites moving for extended hours and adjacent 24/7 done a surge successful COVID cases. They are existent heroes doing their portion to service the community.”

Updates successful investigating locations and hours:

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Youth Fairgrounds astatine Tamiami Park
10901 SW 24th Street, Miami, FL 33165
NEW – Open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Dolphin Station Park & Ride
11897 NW 12 Street, Miami, FL 33182
NEW – Open from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Zoo Miami
12400 SW 152 ST, Miami, FL 33177
EXTENDED HOURS – Open 7 days a week, 24 hours a time

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CBSMiami.com Team