Feds sending rapid COVID-19 tests to Florida nursing homes
Read full article: Feds sending rapid COVID-19 tests to Florida nursing homesTALLAHASSEE, Fla. Nearly 70 percent of the states nursing homes will receive rapid test kits from the federal government in the coming weeks after being identified by regulators as having increased risks for COVID-19 infections. And of the 693 nursing homes in the state, 471 are included on the test-kit distribution list. The Agency for Health Care Administration referred questions about the numbers to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Of the nursing homes that responded, just four said the test kits had arrived. Florida has required nursing homes, and assisted living facilities, to test their staff members twice a month.