Walk-in coronavirus vaccine clinic ending at Treasure Coast Square Mall
Tuesday is the last day the health department will provide first doses of the Moderna vaccine at the Treasure Coast Square Mall in Jensen Beach.
and last updated 2021-05-04 07:56:58-04
JENSEN BEACH, Fla. â Changes are coming to a local vaccine clinic in Martin County.
Tuesday is the last day the health department will provide first doses of the Moderna vaccine at the Treasure Coast Square Mall in Jensen Beach.
To help serve more residents, the site is offering extended hours and walk-in service.
The clinic will open Tuesday from 10 a.m to 11 and then again from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Samples taken Monday on the floodgates west side measured 22 parts per billion of microsystin, a toxin sometimes found in cyanobacteria, more commonly called blue-green algae, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
At 8 parts per billion, microsystin makes water too hazardous to touch, ingest or inhale for people, pets and wildlife, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The Florida Department of Health office in Martin County Friday issued an avoid-water advisory for the Port Mayaca area and has posted warning signs, spokesperson Renay Rouse said.
With the Port Mayaca and St. Lucie Lock & Dam floodgates closed since April 10, the algae cannot travel to the St. Lucie River, unless the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers resumes Lake O discharges east to the C-44 Canal that flows into the river.
Algae at the Port Mayaca Lock & Dam this week was nearly three times more toxic than the minimum level at which the federal government deems it unsafe.
Samples taken Monday on the floodgates west side measured 22 parts per billion of microsystin, a toxin sometimes found in cyanobacteria, more commonly called blue-green algae, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
At 8 parts per billion, microsystin makes water too hazardous to touch, ingest or inhale for people, pets and wildlife, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The Florida Department of Health office in Martin County Friday issued an avoid-water advisory for the Port Mayaca area and has posted warning signs, spokesperson Renay Rouse said.
STUART State health officials and county leaders said Saturday the Martin County man who suffered from a newly detected strain of COVID-19 is no longer feeling symptoms of the illness and has completed his isolation.
The 23-year-old was the third American who has tested positive for the strain. The Florida Department of Health announced the discovery late Thursday afternoon, New Year s Eve.
Carol Ann Vitani, Health Officer and Director of Nursing for the Department of Health in Martin County, said the Center for Disease Control and Prevention performs random tests on COVID-19 tests after local labs have tested them. It was during one of those CDC tests, capable of detecting the strain, when the discovery was made, she said.