Delaware Valley Coronavirus Testing Sites Overwhelmed Again Monday

Stephanie Stahl reports.

GOVERNOR SAYS YOU MUST ADHERETO SOCIAL DISTANCING,GUIDELINES.MEANWHILE DRIVE UP TESTINGSITES FOR COVID-19 ACROSS OURREGION ARE OVERWHELMED AGAIN,HEALTH REPORTER STEPHANIESTAHL IS IN THE DIFFERENT PARTOF THE STUDIO WITH MORE ON THETESTING SITES, HI THERESTEPHANIE.PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO KNOWWHETHER OR NOT THEY AREINFECT, HEALTH OFFICIALS SAYIT DOESN'T MATTER UNLESS THEYARE IN A HIGH RISK GROUP.CARS LINED UP EARLY EVENBEFORE THE TESTING BEGAN ONOGONTZ AVENUE IN PHILADELPHIA.WHERE RITE AIDE IS OFFERINGCORONAVIRUS TESTING FOR FIRSTRESPONDERS IN HEALTH CAREWORKERS.BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED MEDICALSUPPLIES OFFICIALS SAY ONLYMEDICAL STAFF AND PEOPLE WITHUNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONSSHOULD BE TESTED.GENERALLY HEALTHYINDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MILDSYMPTOMS AND NO UNDERLYINGMEDICAL CONDITIONS DO NOT NEEDTO BE TESTED.REPORTER: JUST BECAUSETHERE IS NO TREATMENT FORCOVID-19, INITIALLY TESTINGWAS AIM AT CALCULATING VIRUSSPREAD AND THAT IS SHIFTINGNEW BECAUSE OF THE LIMITEDMEDICAL SUPPLIES AND FEELINGTHAT IT IS NOW WIDESPREAD.DIFFERENT TESTING SITES HAVEDIFFERENT RESTRICTION ABOUTWHO IS ELIGIBLE, MESS WILLONLY SWAB PEOPLE WITH SYMPTOMSAND THOSE IN THE HIGH RISKCATEGORIES.WE ARE UNABLE TO TESTEVERYONE SO INCREASINGLY WEHAVE TO BE CLEARER AND TIGHTERWITH OUR CRITERIA WITH WHO THETEST SHOULD BE GIVEN TO.REPORTER: PENN MEDICINE HASTWO TESTING SITES ONE AT 41STAND MARKET, OTHER IN RADNOR,SOME RESULTS CAN BE FAST TRACKAT THE PENN LAB.NON-PENN PATIENTS WITHOUT ADOCTOR'S REFERRAL CAN BESCREENED ON A CASE BY CASEBASIS.IN PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY FIRSTFEDERAL SITE THERE IS AGAIN,OVERWHELMED, AND HAD TO TURNAWAY PEOPLE BEFORE IT OPENED.LETS ENSURE THAT OURRESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FIRSTAND INFORMATION MONTHS TOTHOSE AT GREATEST RISK.NOW TEST RESULTS CAN TAKEANYWHERE FROM TWO TO 10 DAYSTO GET BACK.AVERAGE IS ABOUT FIVE DAYS BUTSOME HOSPITALS ARE NOW DOINGTHEIR OWN TESTING AND CAN GETRESULTS A LOT QUICKER, THATINCLUDES PENN AND TODAY COOPERANNOUNCED IT IS COLLECTING AND