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A Beacon Health COVID-19 testing worker takes information from a patient at Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church. The state's partnership with OptumServe is designed to expand the state's testing capacity.
Justin Hicks/IPB NewsThe state’s COVID-19 testing partnership with OptumServe Health Services launched Wednesday at 20 sites across the state.
The partnership is designed to expand the state’s testing capacity, with the stated goal of testing 100,000 people within the first 30 days.
State Health Commissioner Kris Box says people who are in higher risk groups – older than 65, high blood pressure, diabetes, or are a person of color – should sign up for testing.
“Please come get tested. You do not have to be symptomatic,” Box says.
People who have symptoms or who have been in close contact with a symptomatic person can get tested without a doctor’s order.
Box says they’ll add 30 additional testing sites in the coming days.
To register for testing go to lhi.care/covidtesting or call 888-634-1116.
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