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Cars lined up for testing at Shelby Valley High School south of Pikeville Thursday. |
The third full week of April saw testing reach an apparent new high, as four Kroger-sponsored locations in McCracken, Hopkins, Pulaski and Pike counties did 3,227 tests. The latter location came closest to meeting each site's goal of 1,000, with 942. Beshear said 535 of the test were done Thursday, well above the daily average goal of 333; he said staff stayed until 10 p.m. and didn't eat until 11.
"As we move toward the new normal we need to do better and better," Beshear said at his daily briefing. He outlined the 11 drive-through testing locations, "all a little different," that the state Department for Public Health is working with:
Screenshot of slide of testing locations, displayed by Beshear at his Friday briefing |
Another Louisville site, at the Walmart at 2020 Bashford Manor Lane, will open April 29 and run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day "until they run out of capacity," Beshear said. It will be open to first responders and health-care workers, and adults with symptoms of covid-19. The site will also dispense masks and sanitizer. Make appointments at DoIneedaCovid19test.com.
Beshear said Walmart "reached out to us" and they chose a site near the predominantly African American neighborhood of Newburg "to make sure we were serving those that are disproportionately impacted and make sure nobody is left out or overlooked." The same is true of the other Louisville site, Shawnee Park, and the Lexington location on Newtown Pike.
Lexington will have another location, on Executive Drive operated by Walgreens, with the same criteria as Walmart. Sign up at Walgreens.com/coronavirus.
The state and Christian County health departments are testing from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday through Friday at Tiebreaker Park in Hopkinsville. The Murray-Calloway County Hospital is testing from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Both are open to health-care workers, first responders and anyone with symptoms.
The Trigg County Primary Care Clinic in Cadiz is testing anyone over 5 months old from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
In Hazard, Primary Care Centers of Eastern Kentucky will test anyone from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 27-28, and Rockcastle Regional Hospital in Mount Vernon will do likewise Monday through Friday; it requires registration at 606-256-7385.
"That is a significant expanded capacity," Beshear said after going over the list of 11 sites. "Let's make sure we utilize it."
In Hazard, Primary Care Centers of Eastern Kentucky will test anyone from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 27-28, and Rockcastle Regional Hospital in Mount Vernon will do likewise Monday through Friday; it requires registration at 606-256-7385.
"That is a significant expanded capacity," Beshear said after going over the list of 11 sites. "Let's make sure we utilize it."
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