Funding available until end of October for 3 city-operated COVID-19 testing sites

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2 sites tally by Duval County wellness section allowed to stay unfastened until astatine slightest December

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – There was interest that backing to run 5 escaped COVID-19 investigating sites successful Duval County would extremity successful 2 weeks.

Jacksonville City Council members were told Monday that the 2 locations tally by the Florida Department of Health successful Duval County volition beryllium allowed to stay unfastened until astatine slightest December, and the 3 sites operated by the metropolis volition person backing until the extremity of October.

The sites were opened past period arsenic a effect of agelong lines and two- to three-hour hold times astatine the wellness department’s Springfield location. Now, with signs of the surge slowing down, those waiting times are present conscionable a substance of minutes and not hours.

Below is simply a usher to the 5 investigating sites, including hours and different details:

Clanzel T. Brown Community Center

Address: 4545 Moncrief Road, Jacksonville, 32209
Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday done Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
Vaccine: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday done Sunday
Notes: No assignment required, port-a-potties connected site, lone PCR tests offered (no accelerated tests)

Lane Wiley Senior Center

Address: 6710 Wiley Road, Jacksonville, 32210
Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday done Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
Vaccine: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday done Sunday
Notes: No assignment required, port-a-potties connected site, lone PCR tests offered (no accelerated tests)

Former Kmart Shopping Center

Address: 540 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 32266
Hours: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday done Friday
Vaccine: No vaccine offered
Notes: Insured request security card, uninsured request Social Security number; lone accelerated tests offered astatine this time

Emmett Reed Community Center

Address: 1093 W. 6th St., Jacksonville, 32209
Hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday done Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
Vaccine: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday done Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
Notes: No assignment required, lone PCR tests offered (no accelerated tests)

Cuba Hunter Community Center

Address: 4380 Bedford Road, Jacksonville, 32207
Hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday done Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
Vaccine: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday done Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
Notes: No assignment required, lone PCR tests offered (no accelerated tests)