Baton Rouge drive-through coronavirus testing runs out of kits after less than an hour

[tetedur]

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/coronavirus/article_9b6b0d76-6880-11ea-95d1-d3bd63fd858f.html

This is from Tuesday (today.)

Testing at the city-parish's drive-through community coronavirus testing facility at Baton Rouge General's Mid-City campus has shut down for the day after running out of testing kits, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced in a press release Tuesday afternoon.

Broome's says the demand for testing for the novel coronavirus has already exceeded expectations since the facility opened Monday.

The mayor's announcement came approximately an hour after the drive-through testing facility opened at 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Referred patients have been advised to contact their primary doctors for further instructions.

Within the first two days of operation, nearly 400 patients have been tested for COVID-19, Broome said in her statement.

This is an article from Monday.

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/coronavirus/article_1849fec6-6794-11ea-a085-af7c023c8c31.html

But because testing kits are still limited, not just anyone can pull up and be administered a test, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and local health care officials stressed.

Tests will be administered only on weekdays between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and only for people who have contacted their primary doctors first and gotten a signed order to be tested for COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus.

Patients will also need to show their state-issued ID and insurance cards. And they won't learn their results for up to three to four days.


So I guess if you don't have insurance, driver's license, and a signed order you are out of luck.

[uponit7771]

1. See ... they're slow walking the testing on purpose !!! Only 400 test?!?!