Miami-Dade extends contract for free COVID tests, vaccines

FILE - Dozens of people wait in line to be tested for COVID-19, alongside other tents with no line where healthcare workers wait to administer vaccines, at a mobile health unit run by Nomi Health, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, in downtown Miami. More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to the highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average, a surge driven largely by the highly contagious omicron variant. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File) (Rebecca Blackwell, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade County will continue to provide free COVID-19 testing and vaccination services with Nomi Health, officials announced on Thursday afternoon.

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava secured an agreement with the private provider to prevent the end of the services as previously scheduled on June 30.

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Levine Cava met with Nomi Health representatives at the Stephen P. Clark Center’s mobile Nomi Testing site to make a public announcement.

For more information about testing and vaccination sites, visit this database or this NomiHealth page.


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