What Did You Get For Christmas? How About A COVID Test!

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — It seems getting a COVID trial is the blistery vacation point this twelvemonth arsenic Florida hits a grounds fig of cases.

Hours earlier a investigating tract opened astatine Tropical Park successful Miami, dozens of cars lined up on a roadworthy starring to its entrance. The investigating tract was unfastened from mid-morning to mid-afternoon, and 2 different sites successful Miami-Dade County were unfastened connected Christmas Day.

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The different 2 investigating sties are the unfastened connected Christmas Day are the South Dade Government Center and Miami Dade College North, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All patients who get by closing clip volition beryllium tested.  It’s walk-up only.

Patients volition beryllium fixed a prime of antigen oregon PCR investigating astatine cheque in.

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DOH-Broward locations astatine C.B. Smith Park, Markham Park and Mills Pond Park volition beryllium unfastened connected Thursday, December 30 for investigating only. All different DOH-Broward trial sites are closed Saturday successful observance of Christmas; and Thursday done Saturday, December 30-J​anuary 1, successful observance of New Year’s.

The request for tests came a time aft Florida broke its record for fig of reported cases — 31,758 caller COVID-19 cases connected Friday. The summation is being driven by the spreading caller omicron variant. The erstwhile grounds was successful August during the tallness of the delta question successful Florida with 27,584 cases.

To assistance alleviate demand, Miami-Dade region workers distributed 12,500 at-home COVID trial kits Friday astatine Miami-Dade libraries earlier the supplies ran out.

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CBSMiami.com Team