Antibody testing taking place in Utica at Private institutions

Antibody testing taking place in Utica at Private institutions

The antibody testing process.

Newschannel two's brent kearney is live at primary urgent care tonight....where he and callihan marshall....were tested.

Yes kristen callihan and i did get the test earlier this morning.

As you can see they are continuing to accept people.

The tests happening here are separate to the state tests.

I'm being told told lines at both lcations in herkimer and utica had very long lines.

But once you get inside, this is what you should expect.

Primary urgent care in both utica and herkimer had long lines of people anxiouly waiting to get tested.

"just to get piece of mind you know, just to see if i've had it.

"that's why i'm hear today to see if i had had it and to see if i've had the antibodies."

A familiar face was also curious.

Our own callihan marshall got her test and allowed me to tag along to document the process.

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None "you have to preregister just like you would with any doctor's office, you will have an intake with a nurse who will triage you take vital signs."

You're then asked a series of questions including when you may have been exposed.

"after the visit the blood will be drawn and tested subsequently and the results will be available within one to three days."

Dr. kilmek tells me the lab technicians are looking for two types of antibodies.

He says one will show if virus is still active in your body the other will give a broad spectrum on if you've had it in the past and since recovered.

"we're doing a complete timeline whether its active now or they've had it in the past."

> but public health director phylliss ellis said if you do have the