Senate Bill 166 is aiming to potentially lower the stakes for graduation requirements for students in the state of Florida.

The Nassau County School District on Friday announced COVID-19 testing will be available for students who are symptomatic or have previously tested positive for COVID-19 and would like to return to school, verified by a negative test, before the 10 days of isolation are complete.

As the demand for testing has grown, the FDA announced at home COVID tests may not detect the Omicron variant as well as other variants.

St. Johns County is offering free COVID-19 testing seven days a week.

Beginning Aug. 3, free COVID-19 testing will be available by appointment every Tuesday and Thursday morning at the Camden County Health Department in St. Marys.

Agape Family Health is partnering with the Northeast Florida Community Collaborative and the city of Jacksonville to bring new COVID-19 testing sites to communities who need it the most. Starting Saturday, new testing sites will be available for use through the end of the year. 31 in select communities:Monday-Wednesday11 a.m. - 6 p.m.Agape Family Health Center: 1680 Dunn Avenue Jacksonville, 32218Agape Family Health Center: 5460 Blanding Blvd Jacksonville, 32244Thursday - Friday11 a.m. - 6 p.m.Clanzel Brown Community Center: 4575 Moncrief Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32209Saturday9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Various LocationsA mobile unit will also go into different communities every Saturday to make the testing even more accessible. Testing will kick off Saturday at Centennial Tower for residents only from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. -- with weekly testing available at certain Agape Family Health Locations for everyone else starting Monday, Sept. 14.

COVID-19 testing officially moved from Lot J to Regency Square mallPublished: July 16, 2020, 7:03 pmThe walk-up testing facility is air-conditioned, and those entering the facility must wear face masks.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. As the surge in coronavirus cases in Florida continues to swell, News4Jax is keeping an eye on how certain ZIP codes are faring in Jacksonville. The 32250 ZIP code of Jacksonville Beach reported 71 total cases on June 16. The Southside/Intracoastal area of ZIP code 32224 saw a similar surge with 115 cases on Monday, up from 66 cases on June 16 (74% increase). In another part of the Southside (ZIP code 32246), cases jumped from 109 on June 16 to 184 on Monday (68% increase). These are not necessarily the ZIP codes with the most cases in the Jacksonville area, but these are where the increases have been most dramatic recently.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. As Duval County saw another record increase in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the lines at the Lot J coronavirus testing site were longer than they have been in weeks. RELATED | Another record day of coronavirus cases reported in Duval CountyJacksonville now has 2,194 confirmed cases of coronavirus. Curry cited a figure of 2.8% for positive cases in Duval County on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the percentage of people tested who tested positive for the first time in Duval County was 6.6% -- and we have seen that number climb in recent weeks. But hospital officials said its expected because those testing positive might not be showing symptoms.

Tests are only available for existing Mayo Clinic patients, but even then, patients have to qualify under CDC guidelines before a test will be allowed. City officials hope Mayo’s testing can help alleviate the number of people trying to get tested at its federal testing site at Lot J outside the TIAA Bank Stadium. At the Lot J site, only 250 people can be tested per day and results can take longer than 10 days. Dr. Charles Booras said the parameters at the federal testing site is not reasonable. Negative tests results will be sent in a message through the clinic’s online patient services.

What Jacksonville drive-thru testing might look likePublished: March 16, 2020, 6:44 pmMayor Curry announced drive-thru Coronavirus testing will be available here in Jacksonville by the end of the week for people who think they may have been exposed. Tarik Minor takes a look at what this could look like, and also steps you can take to get tested elsewhere.