Okeechobee Times

Okeechobee County Parks and Recreation issued the following announcement on August 24.

*** As of 8/23/21*** : Okeechobee County Department of Health provides updates to COVID-19 Vaccine Sites, Testing Sites and Monoclonal Antibody Treatment:

PERSONS AGES 12-17: The Pfizer vaccine is authorized for persons age 12 and up. The Moderna and Janssen (Johnson and Johnson) vaccines are authorized for persons age 18 and up. All individuals under the age of 18 receiving a vaccine must be accompanied by a guardian and complete the COVID-19 vaccine screening and consent form.

Currently, there are 10 locations providing COVID-19 Vaccines in Okeechobee County.

1. The Florida Department of Health in Okeechobee County 1728 NW 9th Ave, Okeechobee. For more information call (863) 462-5800. Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is available now for walk-in or appointment on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30 am – 4:30

pm. Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer vaccine when supply is available.

2. CVS Pharmacy 106 N Parrott Ave, Okeechobee is administering Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for walk-in or appointment. Register for an appointment at

https://www.cvs.com/.../store/covid-screener/covid-qns (863) 763-3169

3. Publix Pharmacy 3551 US-441, Okeechobee is administering Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine by walk-in or appointment. Register for an appointment at

https://www.publix.com/covid-vaccine/florida (863) 763-0428.

4. Walmart Pharmacy 2101 S Parrott Ave, Okeechobee is administering Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine by walk-in or appointment. Register for an appointment at

https://www.walmart.com/covidvaccine (863) 467-7169.

5. Lakeshore Medical Center-FCHC 1100 N. Parrott Ave, Okeechobee is offering Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine by appointment-call (863) 763-7481.

https://www.fchcinc.org/

6. Heartland Discount Pharmacy 407 S Parrott Ave, Okeechobee is

administering Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine by appointment at https://form.jotform.com/210896351116151 or by walk-in. (863) 763-7633.

7. Walgreens Pharmacy 100 NW park St, Okeechobee is administering the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine by appointment only. Register for an appointment at

https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/covid-vaccine.jsp (863) 357-1754.

8. Florida Community Health Center Dr. Fred Brown Children Health Center 2015 US-HWY 441 Okeechobee offering Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine by appointment and walk-in. (863) 763-1952.

9. Okeechobee Discount Drugs Pharmacy 203 SW Park St, Okeechobee is offering Moderna COVID-19 vaccines by walk-in. (863) 763-5100.

10. Okeechobee Urgent Care 305 NE Park St, Okeechobee is offering Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for walk-in, no appointment needed. (863) 484-8154.

FDA amended the Emergency Use Authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to allow an additional dose to be administered to people with moderately to severely compromised immune systems after an initial 2-dose series. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is meeting on Friday, August 13, 2021, to discuss a recommendation on additional doses for this population.

CDC now recommends that people whose immune systems are compromised moderately to severely should receive an additional dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine after the initial 2 doses. Widespread vaccination is a critical tool to help stop the pandemic. https://www.cdc.gov/.../vaccines/recommendations/immuno.html

FDA fully approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine named Comirnaty Comirnaty and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine | FDA

COVID-19 Testing Sites -Currently there are 4 locations in Okeechobee County:

1. Florida Department of Health - 1728 NW 9th Ave, Okeechobee, FL (863)462-5800 Symptomatic, COVID19 positive contact, only Law Enforcement/Fire/Schools/Daycare Park & Test Monday & Wednesday 8:15 am - 3:00 pm; and Friday 8:15 am - 12:00 pm

No charge

2. Florida Community Health Center Dr. Fred Brown Center - Old Surgery Center of Okeechobee's Parking Lot1655 US Highway 441 N (863) 763-1951; Drive-thru Tuesday and Thursday 8:00 am – 12:00 pm; COVID-19 testing is performed at no cost to you. Health insurance companies are required to cover 100% of the cost. If you have insurance, we will ask for those details. If not, we may ask for your Social Security number or driver's license/state ID in order to bill the federal program for the uninsured. In either case, you will owe nothing out of pocket.

3. Okeechobee Urgent Care - 305 NE Park St Okeechobee, FL 34972 (863) 484-8154 Walk-in 7 days a week 8:00 am – 8:00 pm; COVID-19 testing is performed at no cost to you. Health insurance companies are required to cover 100% of the cost. If you have insurance, we will ask for those details. If not, we may ask for your Social Security number or driver's license/state ID in order to bill the federal program for the uninsured. In either case, you will owe nothing out of pocket.

If you need negative result for work or travel:

Asymptomatic PCR test $225

Asymptomatic Rapid $150

4. Lakeshore Medical Center Florida Community Health Center

1100 N Parrot Ave #2129, Okeechobee, FL 34972 (863) 763-7481

Physician Telehealth visits are scheduled in the morning and the testing is scheduled for the afternoon. You must have a telehealth appointment prior to testing for COVID-19.

COVID-19 testing is performed at no cost to you. Health insurance companies are required to cover 100% of the cost. If you have insurance, we will ask for those details.

Walgreens offers the BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card Home test kits for sale.

Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Sites

Direct to our website http://www.floridahealth.gov/

It is listed under TRENDING TOPICS

Monoclonal Antibody Therapy Treatments

FREE Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Site-Westgate Park, West Palm Beach open now and can treat 300 people a day, 7 days a week 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Participants must have already been diagnosed with COVID-19 for less than 10 days.

Individual Treatment Sites may be found at this link:

https://locator.infusioncenter.org/...

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The sites are being added daily and this is the only information we are providing at this time. Individuals can look through the site information. There is too much information at this time to give out individual places and individual phone numbers.

If the caller does not have internet access, they can go to the Okeechobee County Library or call the library at (863) 763-3536.

This is the link to make an appointment to the CDR HealthPro West Palm Beach Regeneron Treatment Center: https://www.patientportalfl.com

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