UF Health CEO: Jacksonville seeing rise in COVID-19 among younger people
UF Health CEO said masks may not be needed in school next year
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The CEO of UF Health Jacksonville on Thursday stressed the importance of getting teens vaccinated.
That’s because he said there has been a rise in COVID-19 cases locally among younger people.
UF Health CEO Dr. Leon Haley spoke to city leaders on a conference call to give an update on the pandemic.
Haley said there is a shift in who is getting sick.
The numbers are not dramatic, but Haley told school board and city council members that the cases have gone up over the last week.
UF Health CEO comfortable with full capacity Jaguars games this fall
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Fans of the Jacksonville Jaguars hold up letters spelling Duval #DTWD during a game against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium on December 6, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (2018 Frederick Breedon)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – UF Health CEO Dr. Leon Haley said Thursday he anticipates the Jacksonville Jaguars will be able to safely host more than 65,000 fans for home games when the season kicks off this fall.
“I say go ahead and buy your tickets. I’m going to go ahead and buy my ticket,” Haley said.
Haley, whose son plays in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints, weighed in on the much-anticipated 2021 season during a Thursday conference call with city leaders.
As Jacksonville’s COVID-19 cases drop, expert warns community to stay on guard
UF Health Jacksonville CEO says hospital continues to admit patients
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Even as Jacksonville sees a drop in COVID-19 cases, medical experts are warning the community that they’re not out of the woods just yet.
Currently, there are 122 people hospitalized with the disease caused by the novel coronavirus in Duval County, according to figures provided by UF Health Jacksonville. That’s down from the 600 people who were hospitalized at once in January.
But Dr. Leon Haley, the hospital’s chief executive officer, said even though the vaccine is becoming more widely available, residents still need to keep their guards up.
For at least two decades, the CEOs of Duval County s hospitals have gotten together for monthly meetings occasions to swap notes, share experiences, figure out what works and what doesn’t.
They’re competitors, and they don’t lose sight of that. But that kind of sharing is helpful even in the best of times.
And in the worst of times?
It was, they say, a lifesaver, many times over.
In a Zoom interview with The Times-Union, the CEOs of Jacksonville s hospitals said their regular meetings left their institutions well-equipped to coordinate health care, from early testing to recent vaccinations, as the COVID-19 pandemic struck the area.