Lane Wiley COVID-19 testing site opens today as city expands capacity

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Neptune Beach tract had to adjacent aboriginal Tuesday and Wednesday aft it reached capacity

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Three much COVID-19 investigating sites opened successful Jacksonville Wednesday and Thursday arsenic the metropolis and neighboring counties wrestle with a surge successful caller COVID-19 cases. Local hospitals person seen beds capable up with an influx of caller patients.

On Wednesday, the Lane Wiley Senior Center connected Wiley Road volition unfastened for testing. Then connected Thursday, sites astatine the Emmett Reed and Cuba Hunter assemblage centers volition statesman administering tests.

On Monday, upwind concerns halted COVID-19 investigating astatine a Neptune Beach facility, and past the investigating tract closed aboriginal erstwhile again Tuesday due to the fact that it had reached capacity.

The telehealth supplier said Tuesday its capableness was 250 tests but noted that enactment is underway connected bundle updates that volition grow its investigating capableness passim the week. Then connected Wednesday, Telescope Health announced the Neptune Beach tract had reached capableness again -- but this clip it had tested 400 patients earlier closing for the day.

UPDATE: The Neptune Beach investigating tract has present reached capableness for the day. After seeing 280 yesterday, we tested ~400 individuals contiguous - ratio improvements volition proceed successful bid to supply much investigating to our #Jacksonville community.@CityofJax #ilovejax

— Telescope Health (@telescopehealth) August 18, 2021

Gail and Bob, who didn’t privation to springiness their past name, were some vaccinated, truthful they were shocked and disappointed erstwhile they came down with the virus. They went to Lane Wiley connected Wednesday to effort and get a antagonistic test.

“We are going to beryllium tested present to marque definite we are clear. I don’t person immoderate symptoms,” Gail said.

Asked what would person happened if they weren’t vaccinated, Bob had a speedy answer: “I would person been dead. I warrant it.”

The Neptune Beach site, located astatine the erstwhile Kmart connected Atlantic Boulevard, is 1 of 2 caller sites that opened Monday successful effect to fashionable demand. It is presently the lone tract that is offering accelerated tests, which mightiness explicate its popularity.

When the last acceptable of COVID-19 investigating sites unfastened connected Thursday, investigating astatine the Department of Health’s Central Health Plaza volition stop.

“For the wellness and information of the community, the department’s investigating services volition beryllium transferred to Emmett Reed and Cuba Hunter, wherever mass-testing volition beryllium indoors and the cardinal focus,” the DOH said.

Doctors said astir 20% of the radical being tested astatine the assemblage sites are investigating affirmative and that fig is adjacent higher among children.

“We talked astir successful the past (that) kids are much resilient and debar contracting COVID. We are not seeing that being the lawsuit anymore,” UF Health Dr. Chirag Patel said. “Thirty percent of kids being tested astatine UF Health are coming backmost affirmative for COVID.”

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

Duval County

Clanzel T. Brown Community Center

Address: 4545 Moncrief Rd., 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 Rd., 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)

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 Rd., 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)

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: Drive-thru; insured request security card, uninsured request Social Security number; lone accelerated tests offered astatine this time

St. Johns County

Visitor Information Center

Address: 10 S. Castillo Dr., St. Augustine, 32084
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday done Friday
Notes: While the tract initially required security oregon self-pay, the tract volition connection escaped vaccines starting Thursday. Anyone who has already been done the investigating tract tin person a refund and anyone who presently has an assignment scheduled volition not beryllium charged.

St. Johns County Agricultural Center