Mayo testing expansion

Making a difference in the outbreak

Rochester's mayo clinic is leading the way in a partnership to test every minnesotan with covi?19 symptoms. kimt news 3 told you yesterday that mayo was collaborating with state health offficials and the university of minnesota to increase testing capabilities exponentially in the state.

Now?

Kimt news 3's isabella basco joins us to tell us how that's become a reality.

Isabella?

Isabella in vidbox this new collaboration has launched a statewide testing strategy that will allow for 2?thousand swab tests to be processed every day... plus 1?

Thousand blood tests.

According to governor walz?

That means everyone with symptoms can now be tested.

This expanded testing system will mean those most vulnerable to covi?19 like the homeless.... communities of color and healthcare workers will now have more access to tests.

Gov.

Tim walz believes we still have a long way to go but this is a great start.

Xxx "we are inventing the wheel, if you will, it has not been done, there are some models out there, not all of them are perfect, we needed the model, this is it and i'm incredibly proud of that."

This strategy is funded in part by 36 million by the covi?19 minnesota fund.

Thanks isabella.

Again, this system is aimed at testing anyone with symptoms... isolating confirmed cases and expanding surveillance tools in public health.