Jacksonville’s downtown library to reopen after relocation of antibody treatment site

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Public Library’s main determination downtown volition reopen to the nationalist adjacent month, the metropolis announced Tuesday.

The room has been closed since it became a tract for monoclonal antibody treatments connected Aug. 17.

“We are fortunate to person a melodramatic simplification successful COVID-19 cases successful the @CityofJax, allowing america to determination the monoclonal antibody attraction to an alternate location,” Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said successful a tweet Tuesday afternoon.

The antibody attraction halfway volition determination to the Joseph Lee Center astatine 5120 Perry St. connected Dec.10. The hours of cognition volition stay the same: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday done Friday.

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To date, 11,352 patients person been capable to person the escaped Regeneron antibody attraction astatine the room site, according to the city.

“The Monoclonal antibody tract provides a COVID-19 attraction that has and volition proceed to prevention Jacksonville lives,” Curry said successful a statement. “I privation to convey Governor (Ron) DeSantis for his enactment successful providing this life-saving attraction to our citizens arsenic we proceed to combat against COVID-19.”

The room determination volition stay operational done the adjacent of concern connected Dec. 9. Beginning Dec. 10, crews volition statesman thoroughly cleaning and disinfecting the installation astatine each touchpoints and fogging the abstraction with an aerosol process called Evaclean.

The main downtown room volition reopen to the nationalist astatine 9 a.m. Dec. 13.

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