Klobuchar touring Mayo Clinic

Their efforts in the pandemic fight

Testing and treatment efforts at the mayo clinic.

Kimt new three's jessica bringe joins us live from mayo's gonda bulding where the senator spoke to media earlier today.

Jessica?

Live katie ?

"* currently mayo clinic is 90?

"*percent open ?

"* and safety measures have been put in place..

In fact when i arrived at mayo earlier today i was screened.

My temperature was taken..

And i had to be questioned about my health status before entering the building.

During klobuchar's tour of mayo's research and testing facilities she visited the virology lab and learned about the latest development with the covid?

"* 19 molecular swab and antibody tests.

After touring the facilities ?

"* klobuchar praised mayo's increase in testing and faster turn?

"* around for testing resultsxxxx <we're never going to be able to ramp up our economy like we want unless we have a whole testing regime and safety measures in place.

That doesn't mean no one is going to get covid it means you're going to very much slow down the spread and you're also going to make sure people with pre?

"*existings take extra precautions > klobuchar and mayo clinic both stressed the importance of getting the flu shot during this period of time..

As well as the measles vaccine.

Mayo clinic says we should all be practicing health maintainance when possible.

Live in rochester jessica bringe kimt news three.

Thank you jessica.

Senator klobuchar also spoke about mayo's new neutralizing anitbodies test ?

"* that aims o establish therapies and vaccines for covid?

"*19.

It's a new development that's just being rolled out.

The senator says it will be a game?

"* changer across the nation.///