COVID-19 Antibody Tests To Be Available

COVID-19 Antibody Tests To Be Available

Right now?the focus of the pandemic has primarily focused on who is getting the virus?

And who has lost their life.

But what about testing?

It's something we're not hearing enough about as the uncertainty continues.

44news reporter joylyn bukovac has everything you need to know about getting tested in the tr?state.

We have about five driv?

Through covi?19 testing sites in the tr?

Stat?

But health officials are trying to expand.

The indiana department of health is working to bring an addition testing site just for those on the front lines.

"the more tests we have, the better we can stem this tide."

Doctors across the tr?state have been asked to put all no?

Emergency procedures on hol?

As the country battles a potentially deadly virus.

Now those on the front lines are contracting covi?19.

"with public safety, first responders, we need to make sure they can do their jobs and still keep our community safe."

That's why the indiana department of health is working to bring more testin?

Reserved for those putting their well being aside during this pandemic.

"and that opens up the testing for the general public at the hospitals a little bit more as well."

???h is expected to send a strike team to vanderburgh county within the next week.

When the hoosier state saw their first positive case of covi?19 only about 10 people had been tested... now more than 32 thousand hoosiers have been tested.

"it's not just people who are traveling and coming back to our area, it is spreading throughout the community."

Just in the past week indiana saw a 14 thousand increase in tests.

And the virus is spreading rapidly in the bluegrass state to?

So far they've tested 21 thousand six hundred and twenty kentuckians with more than 1?

Hundred positive cases.

But are the current tests accurate?

"if someone tests very early, there may not be enough of the virus in the respiratory track, thus yielding potentially a false negative."

Health officials in owensboro are trying a new type of covi?19 testin?

Ordering resources for antibody testing.

The green river health district hopes this tool helps them learn more about the nature of the disease.

"we don't suspect we've seen our peak yet, but if we jump back to our old patterns of living too quickly, it's very possible we could see a occurrence."

If you suspect you have the viru?

You have to make an appointment before you can get tested at any site.

Health officials are asking the public to refrain from getting together with loved ones this easter weekend to help flatten the curve.

Reporting in evansville, jb 44news.

A scary thought for patients suffering form covi?19.

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