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Testing to expand in Florida

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Testing to expand in Florida
Testing to expand in Florida

Governor DeSantis announced more testing will be done in Florida.

They will start antibody testing to find hot spots at nursing homes.

There will be a site set up at the Hard Rock Stadium.

WORK IN FLORIDA DISQUALIFIEDANYONE FROM COLLECTINGUNEMPLOYMENT.FLORIDA IS LOOKING AT NEW WAYSTO EXPAND CORONAVIRUS TESTINGAND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.THIS INCLUDES ALLOWING TESTS ATPHARMACIES... AND RANDOMLYCHECKING BLOOD DONATIONS FORCOVID-19 ANTIBODIES.YESTERDAY, GOVERNOR DESANTISANNOUNCED ’HARD ROCK STADIUM’... WILL SOON SCREEN PATIENTSFOR ANTIBODIES.HE ALSO SAID A MOBILE TESTINGLAB WILL TRAVEL THE STATE TO DORAPID TESTING AT LONG-TERM CAREFACILITIES.THOSE TESTS COULD GIVE RESULTSIN AS LITTLE AS 45 MINUTES.[Notes:53-102 BUTTED TO 106-119]that is not antibody, that iswhether you’re positive for thecoronavirus or not.

Butobviously, that that’s somethingthat is very, very important."DESANTIS says: "We want to besafe about it.

We want to besmart.

And it is going to be astep-by-step process.

It’s notjust flipping a switch.

But I dobelieve that for Florida to besuccessful, you know, we needour southern Florida communitiesto be successful."THE GOVERNOR ALSO SAYS SOMEDRIVE-THRU LOCATIONS WILLDRIVE-THRU ALSO SAYS SOME THEGOVERNOR ALSO SAYS SOMEDRIVE-THRU LOCATIONS WILL STARTTO OFFER THE ANTIBODY TEST.THAT TESTING WILL BEGIN FIRSTAT SITES IN MIAMI, ORA

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