First Results of Drive-Thru Testing (5-18-20)

First Results of Drive-Thru Testing (5-18-20)

As though there's good news coming from the first back of community covid-19 testing in st.

Joseph over the weekend.

Good evening, i'm alan van zandt.

So far, of the 814 test results that have come back so far, only 9 have turned up positive.

Mosaic life care staff is notifying those nine and the st.

Joseph health department is handling contact tracing.

The weekend testing came about after nearly 500 employees of triumph foods tested positive for covid-19.

State health leaders continue to stress that testing is key to slowing the virus.

(sot dr. randall williams/mo dept.

Of health and senior services: "we really want to encourage missourians as we move into this that if you have any symptoms, muscle aches, fever, cough, anything we want you to get tested.

We want to see exactly how we're doing as things change.") in all, the hospital tested nearly 1,600 individuals in drive-thru testing saturday and sunday.

The results of the remaining 759 tests that are still out will be released by the city when they become