Nearly 75,000 At-Home COVID-19 Test Kits Distributed In Broward

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Broward County is distributing thousands of COVID-19 tests up of New Year’s Eve.

On Thursday, 9 libraries passim the region acceptable up work lanes to assistance the process travel a small quicker.

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Between the 9 antithetic locations, astir 75,000 take-home tests were distributed.

“I’m conscionable trying to bash thing to support myself safe, support my household harmless and marque definite we bash our part,” says Victor Foster of Hollywood.

The hold times are thing similar those astatine investigating sites, but they did origin a spot of a postulation jam this greeting connected Hollywood Boulevard.

“I came out, I was really connected my mode to yoga but I thought it was much important to get tests and marque definite I don’t dispersed it to anyone else,” says Jessica Sanchez of Hollywood.

The tests are free. All you request to bash is amusement impervious that you unrecorded successful Broward County. Each idiosyncratic was constricted to taking lone 2 tests. We asked radical however they’re feeling astir 2 years into the pandemic.

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“I hatred COVID. This shouldn’t happen. It shouldn’t hap astatine all,” explains a pistillate who didn’t privation to stock her name.

“Stick with it and cooperate and we’ll astir apt get this happening nipped successful the butt,” says Victor Rentas of Hollywood.

“Every clip we deliberation we’re good it gets atrocious and past we’re not good,” says Sanchez.

If you weren’t capable to get a trial today, you’ll person different accidental tomorrow. A spokesperson for Broward County says 75,000 much tests volition beryllium disposable by time and they’ll beryllium distributing them astatine respective antithetic libraries.

“It’s fantastic they’re going to springiness retired the investigating kits but it’s conscionable beyond the imaginativeness scary close now,” says Foster.

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Click here to find retired wherever you tin get a trial kit.

Ashley Dyer