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Free COVID testing won't end in Miami-Dade after all

The number of Floridians testing positive for the coronavirus is climbing again.
Al Diaz
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Miami Herald
Free testing for people without insurance won't end at certain Miami-Dade sites after all.

Free COVID-19 testing for people without insurance will not end at sites across Miami-Dade County in July after all, even though federal funding for the effort is drying up.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced Thursday at a news conference that she has secured an agreement with Utah-based Nomi Health to continue free testing and vaccination services at the more than dozen county sites.

Nomi Health is a private provider Miami-Dade hired to provide COVID-19 testing and vaccine services in the county during the pandemic.

Read more at our news partner, the Miami Herald.

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