Long-term care facilities say Orange Co. PPE program helped keep COVID cases down
PPE, training help nursing home fight COVID-19
Nursing facilities are crediting Orange County with helping to keep their COVID-19 numbers down. They say it s all because of the free personal protective equipment and training that the county provided.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - Some local nursing facilities are crediting Orange County with helping to keep their COVID cases down.
Orange County Health Services said it has distributed more than 6.3 million pieces of personal protective equipment to long-term care facilities and government agencies since the beginning of the pandemic.
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ORLANDO, Fla. With the holidays around the corner, many know it would be their last chance to get tested for the coronavirus before seeing any family or friends.
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People head to testing sites to get COVID-19 tests
Many know its their last chance to be tested before the holidays
Long line at Barnett Park site, with some waiting 3 to 4 hours
County waiting to see if relief package could help improve the testing situation
On Wednesday, lines spilled out from Barnett Park, onto busy S.R. 50/Colonial Drive.
Among those waiting was Mellyssa Alvarez, who arrived with her mother mid-morning.