Baptist Hospital’s Miami Cancer Institute recently opened a special clinic dedicated to treating patients with both the virus and cancer.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Miami-Dade County leaders are urging calm and patience as Florida picks up its pace in expanding vaccine access to seniors. Sky 10 was overhead at the Hard Rock Stadium where, for the first time, seniors who secured an appointment for a shot were able to receive doses. Hard Rock Stadium is the first state-run, drive-thru, appointment-only location to open in Florida. We don’t have the resources to accommodate them,” said Mike Jachles, chair of the Florida Association of Public Information Officers, who was at the Hard Rock site on Friday. Hard Rock Stadium has 1,000 appointments available per day over the next 7 days with additional appointments dependent on additional vaccine allocated by the government.

Nurses and other healthcare workers clapped to celebrate they had survived COVID-19, the highly contagious respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus, also known as SARS-CoV-2. Pedro Jimenez, 42, also survived COVID-19 after being temporarily misdiagnosed at Mercy Hospital. Epidemiologists’ estimates vary from country to country depending on the availability of testing, quality of healthcare and the mitigation strategies each country is implementing. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention first estimated 2 to 3% of patients were dying of the disease. The United Kingdom’s Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre estimated 76% of patients ages 16 to 49 years old survived, 60% of patients ages 50 to 69 survived and 27% of patients ages 70 and older also survived.

A group of Baptist Hospital of Miami nurses released a video on Instagram late Friday night asking the public to isolate at home to prevent the spread of the deadly COVID-19 respiratory illness. The nurses joined the #WeStayAtWorkForYou worldwide plea after Miami Beach closed hotels Friday night in preparation for a nightly curfew at the entertainment district in an effort to contain the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Saturday morning, the Florida Department of Health reported the Centers for Disease Control and Protection had confirmed 510 COVID-19 cases in Florida residents. According to the state data, nearly 45% of those cases were in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Officials reported 128 confirmed cases in Broward and 123 cases in Miami-Dade.

KENDALL, Fla. – A construction worker suffered a long fall on the roof of a building under construction at Baptist Hospital in Kendall, authorities said Tuesday. Sky 10 was above the hospital at 8900 N. Kendall Drive shortly after 9 a.m. as the worker was lowered down from the roof in a Stokes basket. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said the building in question does not yet have stairs. The worker was then placed into an awaiting ambulance. Circumstances surrounding the fall and the worker's condition were not immediately released, although he appeared to be conscious when he was being placed into the ambulance.