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Flagler Health Officials Pledge to Keep Up Covid Testing as AdventHealth Phases Out Drive-Up Sites

May 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A nurse with the Florida Department of Health explains the process of specimen collection to a nursing home resident in northeast Florida last week. The Flagler Health Department has deployed strike teams to 71 local assisted living facilities and nursing homes to examine compliance with Covid-19 recommendations and provide material support where needed. On Friday, the department will conduct 300 Covid-19 tests of local facilities' residents and staff. (Michael Baltz)

There is some confusion about how much testing should take place–2 percent of the population per month or overall–and whether it will be available to the extent recommended as society reopens. The guideline from the federal government of testing 2 percent is a monthly goal, not an overall goal.

At AdventHealth, 15 Ventilators and Plans for 66 ICU Rooms; Local Officials Prepare for Surge and Promised Tests Don’t Show

April 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Three wings at AdventHealth Palm Coast may be repurposed into intensive care unit rooms to accommodate a surge of Covid-19 patients, should it happen--or to care for patients from other overrun communities. (© FlaglerLive)

As confirmed Flagler County Covid-19 cases reach 28 Friday evening, local health officials are now stopping short of using reassuring language, saying the worst is yet to come, while various shifts point to the increasing severity of the pandemic.

Florida Hospital Flagler Will Open Stand-Alone ER Near Matanzas High School and I-95

November 20, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The future AdventHealth’s 12-bed stand-alone ER represents a $25 million investment in north palm Coast and the addition of some 40 jobs near Matanzas High School as that part of town grows.

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