Category: Health
Breaking news: Mobile COVID-19 testing unit at Southern Oaks
Sources have shared that Ascension Sacred Heart has brought it mobile COVID-19 testing unit to Southern Oaks and has begun testing residents. Â The skilled nursing…
Poll: African American views on COVID-19
Inweekly has heard from medical professionals concern about low numbers of the African American community in Escambia County taking advantage of the drive-thru and standalone…
By the Numbers: Coronavirus— Monday lunch edition
BY NSF Staff – notes by Inweekly in red TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health released updated numbers Monday morning about the coronavirus in…
FDOE increases child care services for first responders and health care workers
The Florida Department of Education’s Office of Early Learning (OEL), in coordination with local early learning coalitions, has prioritized and increased access to child care…
What will recovery look like?
Reopening the Economy What will reopening the economy of Escambia County look like? Â County Administrator Janice Gilley sent an email, “Subject: Reopening the Economy,” to…
Escambia has eighth COVID-19 death
Yesterday 22 people died who tested positive for COVID-19 in Broward, Dade, Desoto, Escambia, Hernando, Lake, Manatee, Sarasota, St. Lucie, Suwanne and Volusia counties.  Escambia County has…
FDOH provides list of nursing homes with COVID-19 cases
As of 10 a.m. today, Florida DOH reported Escambia County had 58 COVID-19 cases in long-term care facilities and nine in Santa Rosa. Later today,…
Visit Pensacola study predicts frustration and division are ahead
Visit Pensacola has shared a report by its marketing partner, Showcase Pensacola, that is based on COVID-19-related industry research. “We want to share this with…
Covid-19 update – Mike Hill edition
Over the past 24 hours, Escambia County had 21 additional COVID-19 cases. Â Over the same period last weekend, the county only had nine new cases….
Fired union leader speaks out
From Mike Lowery, president of ATU Local 1395: As you reported on your blog. I was terminated at approximately 12:15 p.m. yesterday by Ed Spainhower,…
Escambia nursing homes have another death
Last night Florida DOH reported that Escambia had another COVID-19 death in one of its long-term care facilities, bringing total deaths in nursing homes to…
Seminole nursing home evacuated after three COVID-19 deaths
Read this post carefully, and you will notice several things. The Tampa Bay Times reports that a nursing home in Seminole is being shut down…
GEO Group gives details of Blackwater COVID-19 outbreak
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A private prison company that operates a Northwest Florida facility where four inmates have died…
Santa Rosa has eight cases in one nursing home, not one
How accurate is the Florida Department of Health’s report on the COVID-19 cases in long-term care facilities? According to the city of Gulf Breeze, the…
COVID-19: Friday noon report
Santa Rosa County has another COVID-19 death – bringing total to six. Escambia County is holding at four but hospitalizations have increased to 24. The…
Gulf Breeze nursing home has eight cases
The city of Gulf Breeze issued this announcement yesterday: As of April 16, the City of Gulf Breeze has nine active COVID-19 positive patients. This…
Statewide one in five COVID-19 deaths tied to LTCs
Note: Â Three of the four COVID-19 deaths in Escambia County have been tied to nursing homes. Â However, the county SitReps should the EOC didn’t begin…
We’re baaaaaaack
We have so much to share: Santa Rosa County had its fifth COVID-19 fatality yesterday. County Administrator Janice Gilley has told commissioners that she plans…
Who protects our senior citizens?
Southern Oaks Fallout Inweekly’s report on the COVID-19 virus in local nursing homes has been picked up and amplified by other local media. WEAR TV…
Last post for Wednesday, April 15
Inweekly has received notes from people who have loved ones in local nursing homes. The facilities we named today aren’t the only ones with residents…
