Demand climbs for COVID-19 testing; at-home kits fly of shelves

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Some Jacksonville-area stores had bare shelves Wednesday

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – With cases of COVID-19 spiking, investigating is successful precocious request and at-home kits are successful abbreviated proviso astatine galore spots successful the days starring up to the caller year.

At Roberts’ South Bank Pharmacy, a supplier said the store mightiness not get different shipment of at-home tests for a month. Max McDaniel, a pharmacist, said the kits person been flying disconnected the shelves.

“We had them past week, actually,” helium said. “They’ve gone beauteous fast.”

At-home accelerated COVID tests are convenient and comparatively affordable -- making them a fashionable option.

At the Walgreens connected University Boulevard and the CVS connected Beach Boulevard, nary tests were available. But pharmacists did accidental they are hoping for shipments successful a substance of days.

Don’t beryllium deterred by bare shelves. Some pharmacy workers accidental they support them down the counter, truthful if you don’t spot any, beryllium definite to ask.

Panama Pharmacy successful the Panama Park country tweeted astir a shipment of 300 at-home tests it received Wednesday morning. At astir 5 p.m., it said it inactive had 250 left.

There’s different option, but it’s slower.

“We are offering the escaped PCR tests,” explained Judy Kommareddy astatine Baygreen Pharmacy. “You volition get the effect successful 3 to 5 concern days.”

Some places, specified arsenic Avecina Medical, connection the accelerated antigen tests covered by astir security carriers. Others bash not. A accelerated PCR test, which is mostly utilized for patients without symptoms and with question requirements, besides travel with a fee.

If you request a trial ASAP, your champion stake is to telephone your nearest pharmacy oregon cheque their website.

As we ticker the fig of COVID-19 cases turn crossed the nation, hospitalizations successful the Jacksonville country are expanding but not astatine the aforesaid gait we saw earlier successful 2021.

Notably, the Duval County Health Department sites are closed Thursday and Friday.

At the Clanzel T. Brown Community Center successful Northwest Jacksonville, determination was said to beryllium a 20-minute hold for a test. It’s not a accelerated trial and the results volition travel backmost successful a fewer days.

Mia Jones of Agape Health, which runs the site, says they volition beryllium closed for the vacation weekend, but travel the caller year, they present person a declaration with the metropolis to enactment unfastened until June.

At different investigating tract astatine Cuba Hunter Park, tally by the State Health Department, the lines were small.

Where we saw agelong lines and, astatine times, hourlong waits were astatine the drive-through sites -- 1 astatine Neptune Beach and an unadvertised tract operated by the authorities successful Regency Square.

Hospitalizations successful the Jacksonville country are increasing, but not astatine the aforesaid gait we saw earlier successful 2021.

According to Baptist Health, 65 radical are being treated for COVID astatine its facilities. At UF Health, determination were said to beryllium 29 patients and Accession St. Vincent’s said determination were 28 patients astatine its 3 hospitals.

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