Florida Department of Health-

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried says she will provide county data reported daily to the federal government because the state Department of Health switched to releasing such info to once a week.

Across the state, rates for the vaccines required for children to enter classrooms and child care are down. That could be a problem for families that opted to wait because of COVID-19.

Dr. Manuel Gordillo is now urging people, whether they are vaccinated or not, to wear masks while indoors in public places.

Dr. Raul Pino says there are pockets of the Orlando-area Latino community that still aren't vaccinated for COVID and that access problems include the inability to take time off the job to get the shot.

Gov. Ron DeSantis let an executive order declaring a public health emergency expire Saturday, and with it many regulatory flexibilities providers received during the pandemic including those related to telehealth.

The clock is ticking for parents to get their kids shots if they want them fully vaccinated by the first day of class. Schools are trying to make it easier for families.

The vaccination rates in 23 of the state’s 67 counties - almost all rural and largely spread across North Florida - were below 40%. The rates in nine counties were below 30%.

Florida’s Department of Health recently switched from sharing daily COVID-19 reports to weekly ones. Jason Salemi, a professor of epidemiology at the WUSF College of Public Health, spoke with WLRN about the changes.

She says Twitter suspended her account because she violated rules against platform manipulation and spam.

The state says Rebehah Jones was fired for insubordination after being reprimanded several times.

The decline in hospitalizations comes as Florida's COVID-19 death toll approaches 37,000.

Parents or guardians need to accompany kids to the vaccination.