Cost-free COVID-19 screening and food giveaway in Nassau County

FERNANDINA Beach front, Fla. – Nassau County is hosting absolutely free COVID-19 tests and a food items giveaway at the Martin Luther King Centre in Fernandina Seaside on Saturday morning.

Tests is for the to start with 100 men and women ages five and up. Swift testing is not readily available. Really do not overlook to provide your I.D.

The event starts at 8 a.m. at the MLK Middle on Elm Street in Fernandina Seashore and runs right until 10 a.m. The Barnabas Middle and Florida Office of Wellness-Nassau are web hosting the tests and foods giveaway.

In addition to free of charge COVID-19 generate-through tests, totally free flu shots are out there. There is also a mobile foodstuff distribution that is offering 200 totally free hams in partnership with the Elm Road Sportsman Association. You are questioned to carry tubs and bins to have your foods.

The Barnabas Heart local community outreach supervisor explained this happens on a month-to-month basis but now it is a lot more normally simply because of the pandemic.

“When the pandemic first strike we have been performing 3 month to month food items distributions, now we’re doing eight. It has improved by 300% in our county,” Renee Stoffel stated.

For much more details, call (904) 875-6100 or go to Nassau EM’s Fb webpage.

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