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Commissioner Levine Cava Calls for More Protections for Healthcare Personnel and Elderly Residents in Facilities

MIAMI-DADE – Today (May 19), the Board of County Commissioners adopted a resolution sponsored by Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava calling on the Governor to require frequent testing of all healthcare personnel working in nursing homes and Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs), and to ensure testing of nursing home residents for coronavirus.  The resolution also urged the State to ensure that employees of nursing homes were provided paid sick leave and that staff were supplied with protective masks and other “personal protective equipment” to prevent spread of disease into nursing homes and ALFs.

Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, Announces Fifty-Five Deaths Related to COVID-19

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health, in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report on COVID-19 cases in Florida once per day. The Florida Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard is also providing updates once per day. The state also provides a report detailing surveillance data for every Florida county. Previously, this information was only available for select communities. The surveillance data report is available here.

Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, Announces Nine Deaths Related to COVID-19

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health, in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report on COVID-19 cases in Florida once per day. The Florida Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard is also providing updates once per day. The state also provides a report detailing surveillance data for every Florida county. Previously, this information was only available for select communities. The surveillance data report is available here.

Health Officials Announce the First Case of West Nile Virus

Miami, FL – The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County (DOH-Miami-Dade) is under a mosquito-borne illness alert.A case of West Nile virus infection of local transmission has been confirmed in a Miami-Dade resident.This is the first local case of West Nile virus in 2020.

Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, Announces Forty-Eight Deaths Related to COVID-19

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health, in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report on COVID-19 cases in Florida once per day. The Florida Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard is also providing updates once per day. The state also provides a report detailing surveillance data for every Florida county. Previously, this information was only available for select communities. The surveillance data report is available here.

Coffee Company Donates to Healthcare Workers Island-wide

Regional Director for the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Michael Bent (2nd right) accepts a commitment letter from General Manager of Jamaica Standard Products Company Ltd. John O. Minott (3rd right) for the donation of 6, 000 units of coffee to be distributed to some 6,000 healthcare workers island-wide, valued at $365,000.00. Mr. Bent expressed appreciation to Mr. Minott and his company, located in Manchester, for their generous donation of coffee products, which will boost staff members who are working tirelessly during this pandemic. Mr. Minott noted that his company is pleased to show gratitude to the country’s frontline workers who are helping to care for Jamaicans. Participating in the handover on Friday, May 8 were: SRHA Board Chairman, Wayne Chen (right), Director of Public Procurement at the SRHA, Stacey-Ann Edwards (left), SRHA Director of Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, Nicolette Thomas Edwards (2nd left) and Marketing Executive at the Jamaica Standard Products Company, Sarah Myers.

Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, Announces Forty-Four Deaths Related to COVID-19

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —The Florida Department of Health, in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report on COVID-19 cases in Florida once per day. The Florida Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard is also providing updates once per day. The state also provides a report detailing surveillance data for every Florida county. Previously, this information was only available for select communities. The surveillance data report is available here.

Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, Announces Sixty-Eight Deaths Related to COVID-19

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health, in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report on COVID-19 cases in Florida once per day. The Florida Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard is also providing updates once per day. The state also provides a report detailing surveillance data for every Florida county. Previously, this information was only available for select communities. The surveillance data report is available here.

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