Nearly 152,000 Take-Home Rapid COVID Tests Distributed By Miami-Dade County

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava says the region has distributed astir 152,000 take-home accelerated COVID tests.

“I’m highly arrogant of our County team’s efforts distributing 152,000 tests astatine our libraries successful 2 days to conscionable the surge successful request for COVID-19 investigating and support our assemblage safe,” said Mayor Cava.

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In an effort to combat the highly-contagious omicron variant, the region started giving retired kits connected Christmas Eve astatine 5 room locations. The distributions continued connected Monday astatine 27 room locations.

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The organisation programme was a collaboration betwixt Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami-Dade Police Department and the Miami-Dade Emergency Operations Center.

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While the region said each disposable trial kits person been distributed astatine this time, Cava added that “this week we’ll proceed stepping up to service residents by expanding hours and adding investigating sites crossed the County.”

CBSMiami.com Team