FAMU COVID-19 testing still free; will require health insurance or driver license
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and last updated 2021-02-02 21:53:54-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â The Florida A&M University Bragg Memorial Stadium Community COVID-19 Test site will now request health insurance information or a driverâs license when registering online with Curative, the state vendor.
This a new state directive; however, testing remains free and those seeking to get tested will not be charged.
The site is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Although walk-ups are accepted, pre-registration is recommended by going to the state vendorâs website, available by clicking here.
Do you need to get your second COVID vaccine dose at the same South Florida site? Michelle Marchante, The Miami Herald
Feb. 3 Do you need to get your second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the same Florida hospital or vaccination site where you received your first dose?
Generally, the answer is yes.
The Florida Division of Emergency Management, tasked with the state s vaccine distribution, say that s to make sure you get the correct booster shot. It also helps health officials keep track of vaccine allocations, staffing needs and appointments.
Remember, even though you have a vaccination card that lists which vaccine you received, not every site carries both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine. For starters, not every one has the special freezer needed to keep the Pfizer vaccine colder than winter in Antartica.
Gov. Ron DeSantis boasted Monday that nearly 30% of Florida’s seniors now have been vaccinated against COVID-19, saying the state has moved aggressively to protect a vulnerable population.
Yet even as Florida continues to make progress vaccinating seniors, there is lingering backlash among a subset of the elderly that is the most vulnerable of the vulnerable: those who live in elder care facilities.
Facing criticism that seniors in the general population were getting the vaccine before those in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, the state brought in a private contractor to help with the vaccination effort at elder care communities and pledged that all would get access to the vaccine by the end of January.
When the state finally went live on Friday with a website for Floridians to preregister to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, it didn’t give some local governments or health officials a headsup, catching many of them by surprise.
While Gov. Ron DeSantis and Jared Moskowitz, the state’s director of emergency management, teased to the new system for weeks, local officials, including those in Sarasota County, said they had no indication concerning when the state’s registration system would launch.
Local governments learned the same way everyone else did – in a news release that gave little to no clarity or instruction as to what to do next.
COVID vaccine live updates: What you should know in South Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 2 Michelle Marchante, The Miami Herald
Feb. 2 COVID-19 vaccines are now available in South Florida, and the rules on who can get a shot, where and when can be confusing.
Here s what you need to know:
What s new today? The ultimate solution to the coronavirus pandemic may be a vaccine that protects against all mutations but work on that project is just beginning, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation s leading infectious disease expert. For now, COVID vaccine boosters will have to tackle one variant at a time.