NBC Miami: Florida Department of Health Issues COVID-19 Testing Guidance That Contradicts CDC’s. “New COVID-19 testing guidance released by the Florida Department of Health Thursday is at odds with federal guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new guidance from the department of health comes days after Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said the state is following a ‘sensible public health’ campaign that focuses on testing only at-risk patients and those showing symptoms of COVID-19.”