SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – A Central Florida medical group is offering hundreds of COVID-19 tests to people living and working at area nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Sumter County.
The testing is being done by workers from Premier Medical Associates, the same group that started doing the private drive through testing sites in The Villages last month.
The first to sign up for the facility-wide testing was Buffalo Crossings Healthcare and Rehabilitation in The Villages. News 6 spoke with Tina Solava who is with KR Management, the parent company for Buffalo Crossings. “We had already contracted with a test provider to be ahead of the curve,” said Solava. “So when Premier called us and said we would not have to wait to have our