Category Archives: Covid-19

Judge rules Florida school mandatory mask ban is unconstitutional

By John Haughey The Center Square August 28, 2021 Leon County Circuit Court Judge John [...]

COVID-19 Weekly Situation Report for Nassau County – Number of cases increase

Florida Department of Health August 27, 2021           [...]

Florida Attorney General warns of new COVID relief scam

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody August 24, 2021 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… CBS 4 [...]

Considerations for Use of an Additional mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine for Fully Vaccinated Immunocompromised Persons

Florida Department of Health/Nassau Media Release August 24, 2021 The following guidance are considerations for [...]

Florida argues ‘masks are unnecessary’ in public K-12 schools

By John Haughey The Center Square August 24, 2021 With at least seven school boards [...]

FDA announces full approval for use of Prizer-BioNTech COVID-19, brand name “Comirnaty” for 16 and older

Information from Nassau County Emergency Management August 2021 FDA Announces Full Approval for Use of [...]

COVID-19 Weekly Situation Report – Number of COVID cases down, positivity up

Florida Department of Health August 20, 2021 [...]

Nassau County Schools report COVID-19 cases among students and staff

Nassau County Schools August 20, 2021 [...]

Florida universities to assume ‘normal, pre-pandemic operations’ when fall semesters begin

By John Haughey The Center Square August 17, 2021 More than 300,000 full-time students and [...]

Judge to hear Florida parents’ suit against DeSantis’ mask mandate ban Thursday

By John Haughey The Center Square August 17, 2021 Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper [...]

Covid 19 cases in Nassau County thru August 12, 2021

The Nassau County Department of Health provided the information in the chart below.  If you [...]

Florida Board of Education to consider sanctioning 2 mask-mandating school districts

By John Haughey The Center Square August 14, 2021 The Florida Department of Education has [...]

COVID-19 Weekly Situation Report – Slight drop in number of COVID-19 cases

Florida Department of Health August 14, 2021   [...]

Citizens call for face mask mandate in Nassau County School District

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst August 13, 2021   As we [...]

First Dose Covid 19 Vaccination Event Wednesday, August 18 in Yulee

Nassau County Emergency Management Services August 12, 2021 Nassau County will hold a vaccination event [...]

School districts impose mask mandates despite DeSantis’ threat to dock salaries

By John Haughey The Center Square August 11, 2021 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has doubled [...]

“Younger people are getting hit hard” – Get the COVID-19 vaccine!

Nassau County Emergency Management Press Release August 11, 2021 “So how can you protect yourself? [...]

Covid-19 update for Nassau County

From the County Insider Office of the Nassau County Manager August 10, 2021 8/10/21 @ [...]

Judge blocks Florida law, allows cruise ships to require COVID vaccination proof

By John Haughey The Center Square August 9, 2021 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaigns to [...]

Florida Department of Health COVID-19 Weekly Situation Report – August 5

Florida Department of Health August 7, 2021 Editor’s Note:  A friend of mine, much loved [...]

Abbott, DeSantis fire back at Biden: ‘Do your job’

By Bethany Blankley The Center Square August 6, 2021 In response to President Joe Biden [...]

DeSantis defends unvaccinated amid increasing Florida COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations

By John Haughey The Center Square August 4, 2021 Florida won’t resume posting daily COVID-19 [...]

FDOH-Nassau COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Schedule for August

August 3, 2021 The Florida Department of Health-Nassau is the lead agency in COVID-19 matters [...]

Ron DeSantis deplores judgment against unvaccinated patients as hospitalizations rise

By Renzo Downey FloridaPolitics.Com August 3, 2021 Cases and hospitalizations are hitting record rates in [...]

10,200 COVID-19 cases in Florida hospitals: Half 25-55 years old, 97% unvaccinated

By John Haughey The Center Square August 3, 2021 There were 10,207 people hospitalized with [...]

Fried defies DeSantis, posts daily Florida COVID-19 data on state Agriculture Department page

By John Haughey The Center Square July 29, 2021 There were 16,038 new COVID-19 cases [...]

Covid-19 Variations and Mutations

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 31, 2021   Covid is [...]

COVID-19 Weekly Situation Report from July 23 – 29 – Cases continue to grow

Florida Department of Health July 31, 2021 Editor’s Note:  If there is any good news [...]

Nassau Health Dept. Director provides sobering situation report on County Covid status

Submitted by Cindy Jackson Reporter July 30, 2021   “We’re not looking good.” “If you [...]

Survey says partisan politics shape Floridians’ perceptions of COVID-19

By John Haughey The Center Square July 29, 2021   Nearly one-third of Florida voters [...]

Baptist Health CEO delivers message to community

Baptist Health July 29, 2021 A MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO Delivered July 27, 2021   [...]

News4Jax reports Nassau County holds dubious distinction in national ranking of COVID-19 cases per capita

News4Jax July 29, 2021   “Nassau County has the highest rate of COVID-19 cases per [...]

Nassau County Emergency Management – Too many young un-vaccinated adults with COVID-19 requiring medical attention

Nassau County Emergency Management July 27, 2021 Editor’s Note: Hospitalization figures for Baptist Health Nassau [...]

Fernandina Beach Police Department recognizes Walt Sturges for 44 years of service

Fernandina Beach Police Department July 27, 2021       This is Walt Sturges. Today [...]

639 new COVID cases in just one week – Number of newly vaccinated more than doubles

Nassau County Emergency Management July 26, 2021 [...]

A safety tip: What to do if someone is sick in your household?

Nassau County Emergency Management July 26, 2021 [...]

Nassau County Emergency Managements asks COVID “no-vaxxers” to participate in anonymous survey

Nassau County Emergency Management July 26, 2021     If you have opted NOT to [...]

COVID-19 Weekly Situation Report shows surge continuing in Nassau County – Week ending July 22

Florida Department of Health July 24, 2021 Editor’s Note:  We have another sobering report showing [...]

CDC update on “Vaccination Tracker” in Nassau County

Center for Disease Control July 23, 2021     [...]

Baptist Health monthly report shows 44% of COVID-19 patients are 40 or younger

Baptist Health Jacksonville Press Release July 22, 2021 “More than 97% of our COVID-19 patients [...]

Nassau County Medical Society sends a message to those not vaccinated against COVID-” . . . our hospital is overflowing”

Nassau County Emergency Management July 22, 2021   Local physicians stand united in recommending immunization [...]

Baptist Hospital officials join Jacksonville Mayor and other health professionals to discuss COVID surge

By Susan Hardee Steger July 21, 2021 Editor’s Note: As of today, Baptist Medical and [...]

Fernandina Beach Commissioner urges vaccinations to stem rise in Covid cases

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 21, 2021   In light [...]

CDC provides public health COVID guidance for fully vaccinated people

Florida Department of Health Press Release July 21, 2021 Editor’s Note:  To view the complete [...]

Florida Department of Health Nassau offers COVID vaccines and testing

Florida Department of Health Nassau July 20, 2021 [...]

COVID cases in Nassau County more than double in a week – Vaccines available

Nassau County Insider July 19, 2021 A Message From Nassau County Emergency Management COVID Cases [...]

Florida Department of Health “Weekly Situation Report” on COVID for Nassau County

Florida Department of Health July 19, 2021   Previous Report [...]

COVID infection rate in Nassau County doubles over last week – 445 new cases

Nassau County Emergency Management July 16, 2021 Infection control matters! Avoid crowds and close contact [...]

Nassau County Emergency Management warns of high COVID-19 infection rates

Nassau County Emergency Management July 14, 2021         The pandemic is STILL [...]

COVID-19 cases on the rise – More newly infected than newly vaccinated

Nassau County Emergency Management July 13, 2021 [...]

Nassau County Emergency Management speaks up in light of recent COVID-19 data

Nassau County Emergency Management Posted on Facebook July 12, 2021 #StopThePandemic Elsa is gone, but [...]

Centers for Disease Control’s COVID-19 Vaccination Report for Nassau County

Center for Disease Control Data as of the evening of July 4 July 6, 2021 [...]

COVID-19 not done with Northeast Florida

By A. G. Gancarski FloridaPolitics.com July 5, 2021 Why are more people testing positive in [...]

Florida Department of Health reports weekly COVID-19 data

Florida Department of Health July 2, 2021 [...]

Florida Department of Health reports COVID cases rising in Nassau County

Florida Department of Health June 25, 2021 Editor’s Note: Today we have posted current COVID [...]

Nassau County residents warned – New COVID-19 variant should be taken seriously

June 24, 2021 In a text message sent by Nassau County Emergency Management, residents are [...]

Nassau County Emergency Management warns community of COVID-19 & Delta Variant – N C Positivity rate over 6%, one dead

Nassau County Emergency Management CoViD-19 Update June 22, 2021   Nassau County’s “Positivity Rate” (percent [...]

Florida Department of Health weekly COVID-19 results – June 4 – 10

Florida Department of Health June 13, 2021 Editor’s Note:  The Florida Department of Health closed [...]

Nassau County Overview of Coronavirus cases

June 8, 2021 Editor’s note: Since the beginning of the Memorial Day Weekend, we have [...]

Scammers cash in on confusion over vaccine verification methods

June 4, 2021 by Colleen Tressler Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC More than [...]

Florida Department of Health June 2 – Nassau County Daily Total of Coronavirus at 6

Florida Department of Health June 2, 2021 Nassau County Emergency Management: CoViD-19 remains a deadly [...]

Florida Department of Health June 1 – Nassau County Coronavirus Daily total at 6

Florida Dept of Health June 1, 2021 Editor’s Note: The weekend daily totals of Coronavirus [...]

Nassau County testing sites for COVID-19 for Youth & Adults – June 2021

Florida Department of Health – Nassau June 1, 2021 [...]

Nassau County vaccination figures as of May 30

Center for Disease Control May 31, 2021 Editor’s Note: Coronvirus daily totals from the Florida [...]