QUARANTINED VS ABSENT: HEALTH DEPARTMENT CANNOT SAY HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE QUARANTINED
There are currently 105 students infected with COVID-19 in the first three weeks of school. Students are being exposed, however. There are reports of up to 50...
COVID 19: WHERE TO GET TESTED IN THE KEYS
WHERE TO GET TESTED IN THE KEYS
Editor’s note: This is the most up-to-date list available. Call ahead to verify current status.
Advanced Urgent Care
(Antibody, rapid testing)
· 305-294-0011. Pre-register...
RURAL HEALTH NETWORK OFFERS COVID TESTING, PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL, AND MORE
Need a COVID rapid test to return to work? Need to show a negative PCR test before you board a plane next week? Do you want a...
HOW MANY COVID-19-RELATED DEATHS IN MONROE COUNTY?
Deaths related to COVID-19 infections stood at 63 in Monroe County on Aug. 31. Of those deaths, two were among individuals who were vaccinated, per the county’s...
SCHOOL MASK OPT-OUT IS UPHELD AFTER TENSE EXCHANGE ON BOARD
On Sept. 7, the school board, district staff, health officials and the public sat together through another tense four-hour meeting. At least three hours were devoted to...
Emergency rule: Students exposed to COVID no longer required to quarantine
The Florida Department of Health has issued a new emergency rule declaring that parents now have a choice whether to quarantine a child who has been exposed...
POLITICAL DEBATE: SCHOOL BOARD KEEPS MASKING AS IS DESPITE DEBATE
At first, the Sept. 21 Monroe County School Board meeting was deceptively “normal,” like it was before the pandemic. There were no updates from the health department...
COVID UPDATE: CASES DECLINING IN THE KEYS
A COVID-19 surge during the summer is slowing down in Florida and the Keys, according to data by the Florida Health Department that shows five weeks of...
ISLAMORADA URGES STRICTER MASK MANDATE IN SCHOOLS
At the Oct. 12 Monroe County school board meeting, board members were taken aback at a resolution passed by the Islamorada Village Council that asked the district...
OMICRON & LACK OF COVID VACCINES FOR KIDS IN KEYS DISCUSSED AT BOCC
At the Dec. 8 Board of County Commissioners meeting, the emergency management department’s director, Shannon Weiner, said that only a limited number of COVID vaccines for children...
