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State Closes COVID-19 Testing Site at UWF
June 1, 2020
UPDATE: THE SITE WILL REOPEN ON TUESDAY. CLICK OR TAP FOR MORE INFORMATION.
The state has closed a mobile COVID-19 testing site the University of West Florida after a month of operation.
The drive-through, no pre-screening required test site opened to Escambia and Santa Rosa county residents on May 2.
“The UWF COVID-19 Test Site will be closed until further notice. The site was run primarily by the National Guard, which has been activated by the Governor. We will notify you when the site reopens,” Escambia County said in a statement Monday morning.
The site was opened at the request of the Governor’s Office under the direction of the Florida Department of Health in conjunction with both Escambia and Santa Rosa counties and assistance from the Florida National Guard.
The National Guard has been deployed to other parts of the state due to civil arrest following the death of George Floyd, a black man that died after a police officer in Minnesotan pushed his knee into Floyd’s neck for over eight minutes.
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5 Responses to “State Closes COVID-19 Testing Site at UWF”
@Rafael Lopez
Have you not watched the news the last three days? The National Guard is needed for civil unrest.
“Any information as to the total number of test conducted at that site? Or how many….”
Nope. The state has not/won’t release any numbers.
Any information as to the total number of test conducted at that site? Or how many People positive test were identified from that testing site? Or maybe what the financial cost to operate the site?
Rafael, there are other places to get tested. And the national guard are being deployed so they can’t keep up this site.
So we’re cured? We have no more need to test ? Hmmmmmmmm