Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties to get new monoclonal treatment sites

by Margaret Willard January 18, 2022

January 18, 2022

Gov. Ron DeSantis has been a strong advocate to keep the federal shipments of the COVID-19 treatment coming. Photo via Florida Politics.

South Florida is the beneficiary of a new federal shipment of monoclonal antibody doses to treat COVID-19, with one new site opening in each of the region’s three counties.

The state Health Department opened Lake Worth, Miami and Sunrise sites on Tuesday. The new locations will operate from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Duval and Seminole counties are also getting new sites.

“We’re working around the clock to keep up the momentum so Floridians have access to lifesaving monoclonal antibody therapies,” DOH tweeted Monday.

The number of COVID-19 cases in the state on Saturday passed 5 million.

– Jesse Scheckner, Florida Politics