Collaboration to bring new testing site to Mower County

Hormel and Mayo Clinic Health Systems are among the names teaming up.

A collobration is underway to limit the spread of covid?

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Kimt news 3's maleeha kamal is learning about a second testing site that opened up today to help out area employers.xxx on the scene look live: if you look right behind me you can see two white tents.

These tents have been set up on hormel food campus.

Mower county public health is teaming up with mayo clinic health system, hormel foods and quality pork processors for a targeted testing program.

Many of mower county's more than 6?

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Rising case numbers at qpp and hormel foods prove the need for this second testing site.

Ceo mark ciota explains how mayo clinic health systems is getting involved.

(note: phone graphic) sot ceo"as most people know we set up a drive though testing in several sites across southern minnesota and we are gonna replicate those efforts for this pilot and this program and ultimiately we are hoping to get data we can use to help understand the spread of covid in mower county and hopefully alter the spread, slow the spread or stop the spread."

Look live: as of now it is unknown how many people have been tested at the tents behind me.

In austin maleeha kamal the plan for this site includes a voluntary testing program with team members from hormel foods ?

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