COVID-19 testing sites in South Florida reopen now that Isaias has passed by the area

With the threat of Tropical Storm Isaias moving away from Florida and toward the Carolinas, more than a dozen state and federal testing sites reopened at 8 a.m. Monday in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Some county-run popular testing locations remained closed and will reopen gradually Tuesday and Wednesday, officials said.

Here are the drive-through and walk-up testing sites now open in Miami-Dade County:

• Miami International Mall in Doral

• Aventura Mall

• Aardvark mobile testing site in Miami Beach

• West Perrine Health Center

• Holy Family Catholic Church in North Miami

• Sherbondy Park in Opa-locka

• Miami Jackson High School in Allapattah

• Miami-Dade County Auditorium in Little Havana

Now open in Broward:

• Publix in Coral Springs

• Sawgrass Mills in Sunrise

• Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale

• Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach

• McArthur High School in Hollywood

Now open in Palm Beach:

• Town Center at Boca Raton

Some of Miami-Dade’s most popular testing locations at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens and at the Miami Beach Convention Center, as well as Broward’s sites at C.B. Smith Park in Pembroke Pines, Markham Park and Target Range in Sunrise, and Vista View Park in Davie, are set to reopen on Wednesday, according to county officials.

Florida’s health department said it closed the sites, many of which were set up in tents, “out of an abundance of caution” to keep staff at the sites safe, the Herald reported.

Temporary federal testing locations — including Miami Jackson High School and Miami-Dade Auditorium in Miami-Dade, and Dillard, Blanche Ely and McArthur high schools in Broward — will remain open three days longer than expected until Wednesday to make up for weather-related closures.

State-supported testing venues closed by state order at 5 p.m. Thursday as the hurricane approached South Florida’s coastline. Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez also closed county-run testing sites on Thursday, while Broward shut down several locations on Friday.

This story was originally published August 3, 2020 at 11:30 AM.

Caroline Ghisolfi

Miami Herald

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Caroline Ghisolfi, from Stanford University, is a local news reporter intern for The Miami Herald. She has worked for The San Francisco Examiner and The Sacramento Bee, covering crime, health, education and local businesses and housing. She is Italian-American and grew up in Milan, Italy.