COVID-19’s Economic Gut Punch

Local Organizations Offer Guidance for Businesses By Jeremy Morrison Measures being taken to limit the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus are dealing the business community…

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COVID-19: Friday morning update

DOH has changed its COVID-19 dashboard. The board now shows Florida residents – 2,359 positive cases but excludes non-residents – 125 cases. It appears state…

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Baptist reports two hospitalizations

From their afternoon update: “We have two presumptive positive patients in our care at Gulf Breeze Hospital and one presumptive positive patient in our care…

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COVID-19: Mid-afternoon report

As of 11 a.m., DOH reported five more people have died who tested positive for COVID-19 in Clay, Hillsborough and Orange counties. Last night,  Pinellas…

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Lanza didn’t say open the beaches

At his Wednesday morning “Coffee with the Commissioner,” Commissioner Jeff Bergosh said his vote to close public beaches at Perdido Key and Pensacola Beach were…

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City asks for help on testing passengers at the airport

While Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued an executive order requiring air travelers from New York and New Jersey to be quarantined for 14 days, Mayor…

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Ascension Sacred Heart has tested 1,700 people

As of yesterday, Ascension Sacred Heart has performed the nasal swab tests on 1,700 patients at its drive-thru facility as of Wednesday. “We’ve been running…

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COVID-19: Thursday a.m.

BY THE NUMBERS: CORONAVIRUS — WEDNESDAY EVENING EDITION By News Service of Florida Staff TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health released updated numbers Wednesday…

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COVID-19: March 25 afternoon update

Santa Rosa WIC Changes Hours Milton, Fla.— In response to the governor’s directive to take precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Florida Department…

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Orange County starts stay-at-home today; Broward should not be our model

Orange County began the implementation of a stay-at-home order today. Residents can leave their homes: To buy groceries, To order takeout, To buy supplies to…

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Baptist to set up another COVID-19 testing site

Baptist Health Care CEO Mark Faulkner told Inweekly this morning that his system is looking at setting up a second testing clinic for COVID-19 in…

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Fauci: Testing is vital to mitigation

At yesterday’s White House briefing, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, talked about why the testing for COVID-19…

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