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Florida to provide at-home COVID test kits to senior facilities

JEAN-FRANCOIS BADIAS
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WEST PALM BEACH 鈥 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced an initiative to increase access to at-home COVID testing, delivering about a million self-administered units, first to nursing homes and then to senior centers.

鈥淚f you鈥檙e young and healthy, you don鈥檛 need to be running out and getting tested every day,鈥 he said at a news conference at the Rehabilitation Center of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach on Thursday.. 鈥淧eople who are testing that have high-value, that鈥檚 where we want to focus.鈥

Most of the cases in Florida are omicron, but delta is still more serious, he said. 鈥淭his variant is spreading much faster than other variants, but is less lethal.鈥

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