Martin County offering drive-through COVID-19 testing

Officials in Martin County gave an update on their coronavirus efforts Saturday afternoon.

FIRST DRIVE THROUGHCORONAVIRUS TESTING SITE IN OURAREA.

W-P-T-V NEWSCHANNEL 5DAVE BOHMAN IS LIVE AT THEMARTIN COUNTY EMERGENCYOPERATIONS CENTER WITH MORE.DAVE[ DAVE LIVE ] THERE ARE NOREPORTED CASE OF CORONA VIRUSIN MARTIN COUNTY.

BUT LATE THISAFTERNOON WE LEARNED THECLEVELAND CLINICNORTH HOSPITAL IN DOWNTOWNSTUART IS TESTING PEOPLE ATDRIVE THROUGH FACILITY.DOCTORS AND NURSES WILL BETESTING FOR CORONA VIRUS ANDTHE FLU, BUT GETTING PATIENTSWABS OF SENDING THEM TO A LABFOR TESTING, AND GET RESULTSIN 3-5 DAYS.

THE CLINIC ISLIMITING THE TESTS& THERE ARENO WALK-INS ALLOWED.

TO GETTHE DRIVE THROUGH TEST&.PEOPLENEED AN APPOINTMENT, AND MUSTCALL A HOTLINE TO ANSWERQUESTIONS ABOUT THEIRSYMPTOMS, THEIR RECENT TRAVEL,AND CONTACT THEYOTHERS.

AND THE TESTS INSTUART WILL BE RESTRICTED TO ALIMITED AREA.[ DR. FERNANDO PETRY /CLEVELAND CLINIC] [ 18:44:21 ]“AT THIS MOMENT, WE ARE TRYINGTO CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, SOOUR SITE IS GOING TO BE OPENFOR MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENTSAND ST.

LUCIE COUNTYRESIDENTS”DR. FERNANDO PETRY OF THECLEVELAND CLINIC EXPECTS TOOPEN TWO MORE DRIVE THROUGHCLINICS IN MARTIN AND ST.LUCIE COUNTY THIS WEEK.

THOSEWITH SYMPTOMS WHO WANT ANAPPOINTMENT TO BE TESTED ARESHOULD CALL THE CLEVELANDCLINICTHE NUMBER IS 772-419-3360.AGAIN, THERE ARE NO WALK-INS.WE NOW KNOW THERE ARE THREMORE CASES OF TH