Appointments are being taken for COVID-19 testing to be done at Amelia Earhart Park for residents of northwest Miami-Dade County, a process that began April 1, County Commissioner Esteban Bovo, Jr. said on Facebook.The park is at 401 E. 65th St. in Hialeah.Cars may hold two people who must have already made appointments to be tested by calling 305-COVID19.Enter the park at Palm Avenue and East 65th Street. Testing will happen Monday through...

An employee at the Publix supermarket in Miami Lakes has tested positive for the coronavirus.“We can confirm that we have an associate who works at store # 1129, 15000 Miami Lakes Drive East in Miami Lakes, has tested positive for COVID-19,” Maria Brous, Publix director of communications said in a statement Monday.Brous did not say where in the store the employee may have worked or when he or she received test results.Supermarkets are...

Businesses in Miami Lakes that are allowed to be open during the coronavirus pandemic will be required to outfit employees in protective gear.Town Manager Edward Pidermann issued an emergency order on Friday that takes effect Tuesday, April 7, at 5 p.m.The goal is to slow the spread of COVID-19.Staff at restaurants, bakeries, grocery stores, pharmacies and gas stations in town will be required to wear masks or “face coverings” while serving...

These adorable Holstein dairy cows are doing what they do, huddling together in their Miami Lakes pasture. But this herd is not practicing social distancing! The Centers for Disease Control and Protection says that to stop the spread of COVID-19, we should avoid crowds and keep at least six feet between us. We should also wash our hands often, stay home as much as possible and disinfect surfaces and TV remote controls, cellphones, door...

Miami Lakes has taken emergency actions in response to the coronavirus that limit the number of people in the streets, in the hope that transmission of the COVID-19 virus will be slowed down. This version of the coronavirus is a severe respiratory disease that left 63 dead in Florida and sickened eight people in town, according to the state’s morning report on March 30. The virus had taken three lives in Miami-Dade County. Town...