Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said teams of National Guard personnel were being dispatched to dozens of nursing homes and assisted-living facilities to test for the coronavirus.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference in front of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mobile command center at the Miami Beach Convention Center, last week. DeSantis says he wants to ramp up testing at the state's long-term care facilities.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference in front of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mobile command center at the Miami Beach Convention Center, last week.
"I am directing the Florida National Guard to create more strike teams to significantly ramp up testing in long-term care facilities," he said at a news conference in Tallahassee. He said the testing would start in South Florida, in facilities where testing hasn't been done yet, and continue"as long as we have enough" test kits.
DeSantis and Fla. Surgeon General Scott Rivkees have declined to disclose which facilities have had positive tests, leading theto obtain that information. The governor's office has sought to quash the suit.
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