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Central Florida Public Media | By Danielle Prieur

Published February 2, 2022 at 7:29 AM EST

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

The agency has launched a public information system that can send automatic alerts to a phone or email.

The Florida Department of Health has launched a public information system that can send automatic alerts on COVID-19 and health emergencies to a phone or email.

To sign up, go to www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom, click on "subscribe to the public list" and enter a cellphone number or personal email address.

Subscribing to this system does not alter updates from county health department, the agency wrote in a tweet.

PSA: We have a new mass information distribution system. To stay up-to-date with DOH updates, make sure to subscribe to our new system. These updates include press releases & general public updates from @HealthyFla.

Subscribe here: https://t.co/Trl1wdfsQ5
— Florida Dept. of Health (@HealthyFla) February 1, 2022

Want COVID alerts from the Department of Health? There's a subscription service for that.

The agency has launched a public information system that can send automatic alerts to a phone or email.

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