Many people who have symptoms and a doctor’s order have waited hours or days for a test.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Drive-thru sites have been opening around the United States to make it quicker and safer to test people for the new
“We need to be testing more broadly to fully understand the scope of the public health situation we are facing,” said Joseph Wendelken, a spokesman for the Rhode Island Department of Health.Critical care nurse Molly Spaeny, left, with St. Vincent Healthcare speaks with a patient after administering a coronavirus test in a drive-thru testing center outside the hospital in Billings, Mont. Friday, March 20, 2020.
In Houston on Thursday, cars lined up for more than a mile outside a hospital when the city’s first drive-thru testing site opened. U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said they administered fewer than 200 tests in the first six hours. New York state opened several centers to great fanfare on Tuesday. By Friday, however, New York City’s health department issued an alert saying only people who require hospitalization should be tested, due to shortages of protective equipment such as face masks.
The vast network of drive-thru sites at retail chains that Trump said more than a week ago was coming has so far failed to materialize. CVS has opened one site in Massachusetts, which it calls a “model for testing.” Walmart said its launching two sites and Walgreens said it’s launching one, all three around Chicago. Only health care workers and first responders are allowed.
“We have a lot of elderly, low-income people here who don’t have access to the internet and who don’t have access to transportation. And given that they’re the highest risk population, how are we getting tests to them?” she asked.Photo by: zz/John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx 2020 3/20/20 A new coronavirus testing site on Staten Island, New York City. The state-run mobile testing site is in a parking lot next to the South Beach Psychiatric Center on Seaview Avenue.
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