The antibody testing site in Apopka closed this week after Mayor Bryan Nelson said he got word the tests the city bought had their Food and Drug Administration approval temporary reversed following a change by the Food and Drug Administration last week. “What’s happened is the FDA has pulled all of the emergency use authorization for the test kits, there are hundreds of them out there,” Nelson said. “So we are just waiting for them to give us approval again to use those tests.” Apopka had distributed 300 kits at the site which was open Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Apopka Community Center.
The site closed within the first hour as several residents wanted to know if they had antibodies for COVID-19. Now, it will be closed until the