Jacksonville

The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office accuses the Center for COVID Control of misleading and overcharging customers.

Hundreds, if not thousands, of workers have missed out on overtime and holiday pay in recent weeks, including UF Health in Jacksonville. In Cleveland, city administrators set up a "war room" to deal with the paycheck backlog.

The city is seeking federal reimbursement from FEMA to operate the testing sites.

A judge denied an emergency petition filed by the family of COVID patient Daniel Pisano to allow the unproven treatment.

In a statement, Curry said he is fully vaccinated and will isolate at home all week. He did not attend a press conference Tuesday in Jacksonville with Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The site in Neptune Beach — Jacksonville's only city-funded, drive-thru site — will give only 150 rapid tests and 100 PCR tests each day on a first-come, first-served basis. The city says the site is running out of money.

The company running the site says the federal government paused shipments on most antibody treatments, citing data showing they're unlikely to combat the omicron variant.

City officials say Mayor Lenny Curry's tweets, posted as COVID cases have doubled in Duval this month, tout monoclonal antibodies and don't invalidate his support for getting vaccinated.

Epidemiologist Dr. Greg Poland says Florida's low levels of screening for the omicron variant could be dangerous for the state, but people can protect themselves by getting vaccinated.

Florida has screened just 4.5% of positive COVID tests for variants over the past six months. In contrast, California, which has traced six omicron cases, screened almost 15% during the same period.