coronavirus testing

The tests, which had expired in late December, are earmarked for emergency management offices, county health departments, hospitals and long-term care facilities.

As the number of new cases continues to climb, so does the test positivity rate, which topped 31% statewide in the week ending Thursday. All seven counties in the greater Tampa Bay region posted rates over 20%.

The tests heading to long-term care facilities were stockpiled during a “downturn” and expired at the end of the year. The state has been waiting for an answer from the federal government on whether they are usable.

The governor claims a lot of people - many healthy, low-risk and asymtomatic - are getting tested over and over out of fear rather than need, but they are free to do so.

Amid the delay in the roll-out of Biden’s plan, DeSantis appears to be pushing for a race with the federal government to get tests shipped out first.

Four tests per person will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis at the county's six public libraries.

The governor and surgeon general point to residents who get tested "multiple times per week" without COVID symptoms and will add state guidance to “unwind the testing psychology” of the Biden administration.

Officials say the site will test everyone in need, but are asking people who received booster shots and don't have symptoms to hold off on coming to the site to ensure there are enough tests for those who are sick.

Orange County leaders plan to open a third testing site ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations. Meantime, Mayor Jerry Demings says Floridians should be outraged.

While the numbers have increased in December, they remain far below the hospitalization totals this summer.

You probably won't be testing everyone at your Thanksgiving table for COVID because the tests are expensive and hard to find. The federal government is partly to blame.

The White House said about 900,000 children nationwide aged 5-11 have received their first dose since the Pfizer vaccine was cleared by regulators earlier this month.