ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County announced Thursday it will close its South Orange Youth Sports Complex and the Econ Soccer Complex COVID-19 testing sites beginning Saturday.
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“Orange County will continue to monitor our COVID-19 cases in the event we need to reopen these testing sites,” Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings said in a news release. “With the County’s 14-day positivity rate at 2.6% as of Monday, March 15, 2022, and 76% of our residents ages 5 and above with at least one dose of the vaccine, we are in a much better place than just a few months ago.”
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Barnett Park will continue offering testing from March 19-25 from 9 a.m. to 5 pm. Orange County is awaiting federal funding approval from Congress to continue testing and vaccinations there after March 25.
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Vaccinations at Barnett Park for children ages 5-17 will be available daily through March 25. The children’s vaccines will be available in the drive-thru lane and not inside the park’s administration center. A parent or guardian must be present at the time of the children’s vaccines.
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