Testing Site At Mason City Urgent Care

A Mason City urgent care clinic is stepping up to provide a coronavirus testing location.

Safe./// a mason city urgent care clinic is stepping up to provide a coronavirus testing location.

On the scene kimt news 3's alex jirgens explains how it all works at the quick care urgent care clinic.xx until recently, if you wanted to get a covid?

"* 19 test in cerro gordo county ?

"* you only had one location.

Now ?

"* quick care urgent care has established this tent for this exact reason.

Doctor hameed khan has observed the coronavirus pandemic and the number of cases in the area.

Just recently ?

"* he began offering curbside testing ?

"* which starts with tele?

"*medicine ?

"* and then actual testing.

Each test is submitted through the iowa city?

"*based lab corp ?

"* wit results expected back in about 2 to 4 days.

"they do a good job of turn around.

For us to call our patients and let them know their results, positive or negative.

If it is positive, we inform public health and take that extra step."

There is caution concerning a potential second wave of the virus ?

"* he feels more clinics will jump on board to have outside testing done away from other patients who are seeking treatment for other needs.

"we have a more open environment, that way we're keeping more social distancing instead of being in a lobby where everybody's cramped in."

In mason city ?

"* if you are needing to get a test ?

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