More home COVID tests coming to Miami-Dade libraries, but only while supplies last
Miami-Dade County plans to hand out about 75,000 COVID-19 home tests on Friday at eight libraries, repeating a giveaway that saw high demand over the last week for the more than 150,000 testing kits the county began handing out over the holiday weekend.
The state-supplied tests will be given away starting at 7:30 a.m., with a limit of two tests per household, according to a county press release.
“Our team is working around the clock to meet the enormous increase in demand and keep residents safe by making tests as accessible as possible, including by distributing hundreds of thousands of take-home rapid test kits and opening new testing sites this week,” said Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. “We’re grateful to all those across Miami-Dade taking the simple precautions that we know work to keep us safe.”
Rachel Johnson, communications director for Levine Cava, said the test kits are provided by Florida’s Department of Health. Between Friday and Monday, Miami-Dade handed out 152,000 home tests, with supplies quickly exhausted during a mass giveaway at 27 libraries on Monday.
The libraries announced as Friday’s distribution centers are:
- Kendale Lakes Branch Library; 15205 SW 88 St., Miami
- Naranja Branch Library; 14850 SW 280 St., Miami
- North Dade Regional Library; 2455 NW 183 St., Miami Gardens
- Northeast Dade - Aventura Branch; 2930 Aventura Blvd., Aventura
- Main Library; 101 W. Flagler St., Miami
- Miami Beach Regional Library; 227 22nd St., Miami Beach
- Miami Lakes Branch Library; 6699 Windmill Gate Rd., Miami Lakes
- Westchester Regional Library; 9445 Coral Way, Miami
This story was originally published December 30, 2021 at 4:07 PM.