Drive-Thru Coronavirus Testing Clinic Set Up in Hard-Hit Seattle

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Workers at a health care system in Seattle—the area of the U.S. hardest hit by the new coronavirus—are being tested for COVID-19 at a special drive-thru facility.

Staff at the garage-turned-clinic at the University of Washington's UW Medicine can test can healthcare workers for influenza A, B, respiratory syncytial virus, as well as COVID-19, every five minutes, and provide results within about a day, NPR reported.

Only those showing symptoms of COVID-19, such as a dry cough or a fever, can be screened. Other countries have also tried drive-thru testing, including South Korea and the U.K..

Seth Cohen, of the infectious disease clinic at UW Medical Center Northwest, told NPR the team has diagnosed many flu cases and a few of coronavirus.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/drive-thru-coronavirus-testing-clinic-set-up-in-hard-hit-seattle/ar-BB10Wb2g?li=BBnb7Kz

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1. The whole country should have these drive thru tests

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2. A Vermont hospital has also implemented drive-up testng.

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https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2020/03/09/vermont-hospital-treating-states-covid-19-case-drive-up-test/4998718002/

Hospital treating Vermont's first case of coronavirus offering drive-up testing

Limiting exposure to coronavirus is crucial to stemming the spread of the virus. Enter: drive-up testing.

ELIZABETH MURRAY | BURLINGTON FREE PRESS
Updated 6 hours ago

The Vermont hospital treating the first case of coronavirus detected in the state has implemented drive-up testing to minimize potential exposure to staff and other patients.

The Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington began offering the service this weekend. The presumptive positive coronavirus case, which is being confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was announced by state health officials Saturday night.

State officials said Sunday that they are investigating whether hospital staff were inadvertently exposed to coronavirus when the patient initially came into the hospital for treatment. Staff who will be treating the patient will wear personal protective equipment in all interactions going forward. The patient has been placed in an airborne infection isolation room.

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