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Mayor John Dailey and officers with Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare held a press convention on Tallahassee’s COVID-19 testing program on Thursday, March 19.
Drive-through testing is being administered at the Northwood Centre. Officers said that 70 folks have been examined on March 18, the primary day of assortment.
Chad Moore, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Govt Director of Medical Operations, defined the testing course of.
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He mentioned the method consists of two steps, registration and assortment. When a affected person arrives at the location, they first go to the registration space and confirm their doctor’s order. Then, they proceed to the second space for pattern assortment.
Notably, a doctor referral is required to be examined at this time. Dr. Temple Robinson, CEO of Bond Group Well being Heart, mentioned folks ought to name their physician to get steering and a referral earlier than exhibiting as much as the testing heart.
Officers additionally mentioned that, at this time, mass screening is at the moment not an choice and urged asymptomatic folks to not be examined with the intention to dedicate sources to those that are exhibiting signs.
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