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The resolution to end it was made earlier this week, according to FAMU director of student fitness services Tanya Tatum, at the end of what has become the most frequently operated public testing site in the Big Bend area.
“We don’t see that many people, and it’s a big expense to maintain everything,” Tatum told the Tallahassee Democrat Friday afternoon. “We are in a different position than the pandemic, so it would be the right time to move forward and finish services. “
The site was created due to the immediate spread of the pandemic that began three years ago. As a result, FAMU collaborated with partners such as Bond Community Health Center, Leon County Health Department and the Florida Division of Emergency Management to begin operation at Bragg Memorial Stadium.
The purpose of the university is to make the monitoring site available to those interested on the south side of Tallahassee, as well as others in other underserved areas.
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Throughout the site’s existence, other people came from as far away as Georgia and Alabama to take advantage of immediate testing and PCR and vaccination services, all of which were available to them for free.
The site had 3 medical staff members and 4 staff members who helped run the verification operation, according to Tatum.
After its first level of being in the stadium and operating Monday through Saturday, the control site moved to Ardelia Court before moving to its final location on Wahnish Way, which is north of FAMU’s school of progressive studies.
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As of March 31, the site had administered 694,000 tests and averaged between 40 and 100 tests consistent with the day, Tatum said. Two hundred 400 tests consistent with the day.
About 28,000 vaccines have been administered and in recent years an average of one to four vaccines per day has been administered.
Tatum believes the tests have added some price to the network and hopes it has helped save lives.
“It’s a little bittersweet, but we’re very pleased and proud to have been able to provide this service to the community,” Tatum said. “It’s so mandatory at a time when we were dealing with the pandemic and other people just didn’t have a lot of answers, a lot of data and a lot of options. “
Prior to the closure of the FMU site, a local CVS that was located on South Monroe Street and providing loose COVID-19 testing to Americans recently closed.
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Since FAMU no longer works, other loose COVID-19 testing features in Tallahassee that Americans can go to, requiring appointments, come with CVS’s remaining locations, such as those on Apalachee Parkway, North Monroe Street and West Tennessee Street, and Walgreens. Points of sale in the city.
Requesting a loose COVID-19 check at home is also an option, but it will only be available until May 11, when every U. S. family will be able to write a COVID-19 check. If you are eligible to order 4 loose checks at home, according to the U. S. Department of Health. U. S. and Social Services.
Contact Tarah Jean on tjean@tallahassee. com or she on twitter @tarahjean_.
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