***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***
Mayor Waites announces that the City of Baker in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, the Louisiana National Guard and the Louisiana Department of Health
that Baker was chosen for a mobile COVID-19 HHS Surge Testing site which will be stood up beginning Tuesday July 14 and shall run through Sunday July 19, 2020.
This site location will be at the Miracle Place Church - 2080 Main Street/Highway 19 Baker and will operate from 7 am until 7 pm daily. We would like to thank our friend Bishop Ricky Sinclair and the Miracle Place Church for the use of their parking lot to provide this critical service to the community.
This site is being added due to the fact that Louisiana is experiencing a resurgence of Coronavirus, East Baton Rouge Parish is one of three locations in the United States selected for surge testing by the federal government and Louisiana was deemed a hot spot.
Key Information:
- Anyone age 5 or older can get a free COVID-19 test
- Testing is free. No insurance is required and there are no co-pays
- Time is limited. This test sites is available until Sunday, July 19
- In order to be tested all you must provide is a telephone number and an email address. A photo ID is NOT required
How Do You Preregister?
Go to www.DoINeedaCOVID19test.com. If you preregister you can use the express line at the test site.
When Do You Get Results?
- You will get your results in 3-5 days
- eTrueNorth will process the tests
- Test results will be provided by email notification and you will get a call if you test positive
- Results will also be posted in the eTrueNorth patient portal
Important Information about Contact Tracing
If you test positive for COVID-19, or if you were in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, you will be contacted by contact tracers calling from 877-766-2130 — please save this number in your phone.
During that call, you can be connected to resources that are available to help you safely quarantine.
It is extremely important to participate in contact tracing if you have a positive test result so other persons who have been in contact with you may be contacted in order to limit spread of COVID19.
It is important for you to have an honest conversation with the person on the other end of the phone. This person will ask you questions about when you began to have symptoms, when you got tested, why you decided to get tested and they will ask you questions about some of the people you have been spending time with. They may even ask you for phone numbers of some of your close contacts.
When the contact tracer calls your close contacts they will never identify you, share your name or your health information. They will talk to your close contacts about their own health, ask if they are having any symptoms and then they may offer guidance or instructions to self-isolate. This is how we contain this virus. If we are sick or if we may be sick, we self-isolate for an amount of time when we know we can no longer spread the virus to someone else.
Please remain vigilant and #MaskUpBaker as we Move Forward together.
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