Mobile COVID-19 testing unit rolls out Monday
AUGUSTA, Ga. - A mobile COVID-19 testing project rolls out Monday in Georgia's rural communities.
Drive-thru sites will rotate among three Georgia cities, including Augusta, Milledgeville, and Tifton.
Governor Brian Kemp’s office said the unit will test Georgians exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, as well as all health care providers and first responders.
The tests will be administered in a drive-thru fashion with patients self-swabbing their nasal cavities in the comforts of their own car while trained medical professionals watch.
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The state has ranked in the bottom nationally in per capita testing, and is still a work in progress.
This weekend, Dawson County started ramping up testing. The county opened a specimen collection site at Rock Creek Park in Dawsonville.
Restrictions on who is able to be tested have been loosened statewide.
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From now on, anyone showing symptoms is eligible, so long as he or she has a referral from a doctor or local health department.
Appointments for the mobile unit can be made at www.DoINeedaCOVID19test.com.
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