FUNERAL homes are responding to social distancing measures by live-streaming ceremonies, which are being limited to 10 people, or holding burials and cremations now with the intent to follow with celebrations of life when conditions are safer. BLOOD DONATIONS continue as One Blood donation centers and bloodmobiles remain open. FLORIDA: From The Morning Paper’s parent […]
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Read It in the Morning Paper, Coronavirus Edition
TESTING: As Lakeland residents experience difficulty being tested for coronavirus because of limited supplies, at least two Fire Department first responders with symptoms were initially denied testing before ultimately getting approved; results were negative for at least one, a department spokeswoman said. BUSINESSES: The same article quotes Mayor Bill Mutz saying he will recommend Monday […]
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Map Shows Locations For Lakeland Bear, Heart, Rainbow Hunts
Neighborhoods around Lakeland are entertaining children through social-distancing-friendly hunts for stuffed bears, hearts or rainbows, and LakelandMom.com has created a map to show where to play.
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Grocery Hoarding Throttles KidsPACK Food Supply
KidsPACK, which provides meals for 1,800 food-insecure children in Polk County, is reaching out to the community for donations of food and other assistance, saying their bulk suppliers are hampered by grocery hoarding | KidsPACK website Source: News Channel 8
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Lakeland COVID-19 Patient Hospitalized in Belgium
Doctors at a Brussels hospital are trying an experimental combination of drugs on Phyllis Benigas, a COVID-19 patient from Lakeland who does missionary work in Belgium along with her husband, Tom, Bay News 9 reports. Tom, who has not been allowed in his wife’s hospital room, is sharing updates on Facebook | Facebook profile Source: […]
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Watson Clinic Initiates Online Video Consultations
Watson Clinic has initiated online video consultations for patients who are trying to maintain social distance or self-isolate in response to the novel coronavirus.
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City Gives an Update on Connecting to Its Services
City Hall and most other city facilities are closed to the public until late April, but many services remain ongoing and much business can still be conducted online or via phone. The city communications staff put together the following list. (Not surprisingly, word of the closures has generated debate on Facebook, mostly on whether open-air […]
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Coronavirus Roundup: Publix Adding Plexiglass Barriers
Publix Super Markets is adding plexiglass barriers at checkout counters, customers and pharmacies in an effort to prevent spread of the coronavirus.
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Lakeland Regional Health Limits Visitors, Postpones Elective Surgeries
Lakeland Regional Health has announced it is curtailing visitors and postponing non-critical elective surgeries as it prepares for the possibility of treating COVID-19 patients.
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City Closing Outdoor Parks, Other Functions
In an effort to help contain the spread of coronavirus, the Lakeland City Commission today voted 5-2 to temporarily close many city parks and reduce public access to city buildings.