“The City of Opa-locka responded swiftly to the international COVID-19 pandemic. After declaring a state of emergency alongside the State of Florida, we enacted a curfew and enforced the county-wide closure of businesses. With the assistance of Miami-Dade County and the State of Florida we secured the first walk-up testing site in Northern Miami-Dade for children over 12 years of age. Our regional testing site accommodates citizens without access to an automobile. Currently, the Opa-locka testing site is able to facilitate 500 test a day. That’s 300 more test than the site was originally charted to handle. The need for testing has proven to be a necessary tool in combating COVID-19. Moreover, since the pandemic began we have partnered with Feeding South Florida, local churches, and volunteers to conduct a weekly food distribution that feeds over 1,000 families every Tuesday. Finally, we procured over 30,000 masks and have been conducting a #MaskUpOpalocka campaign to decrease the spread of COVID-19 in our community. Today, the City continues to leverage our communications platforms to provide our residents and business with the latest guidance from the CDC on stopping the spread of COVID-19 in our community.”