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Health department doing free Zika testing in South Beach

By C.M. Guerrero and Joey Flechas

jflechas@miamiherald.com
Cristina Montiel hands over a urine sample at a Zika testing center at the Miami Beach Police Department on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. The Florida Department of Health is testing people who live in the Zika transmission zone in Miami Beach for free, provided they show a photo ID indicating they live in the zone, which is bordered between Eighth and 28th Streets, Biscayne Bay to the ocean.
Cristina Montiel hands over a urine sample at a Zika testing center at the Miami Beach Police Department on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. The Florida Department of Health is testing people who live in the Zika transmission zone in Miami Beach for free, provided they show a photo ID indicating they live in the zone, which is bordered between Eighth and 28th Streets, Biscayne Bay to the ocean. C.M. GUERRERO. EL NUEVO HERALD

People who live and work in South Beach stopped by police headquarters Tuesday to get tested for the Zika virus.

The Florida Department of Health is testing people for free in the community room of the Miami Beach Police Department, 1100 Washington Ave., from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday. On Wednesday, testing will continue from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and again from 5 to 7 p.m.

The test is available to anyone who works or lives in the area, not just pregnant women. Those wanting to get tested must bring a picture ID to prove they live and/or work in the zone where mosquitoes are actively spreading Zika. The Miami Beach zone stretches from Eighth to 28th streets, from the ocean to Biscayne Bay.

This story was originally published September 13, 2016 at 7:41 PM with the headline "Health department doing free Zika testing in South Beach."

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