NEWS RELEASE: Free COVID-19 diagnostic testing this weekend in Ottawa County

Ottawa County, Michigan sent this bulletin at 06/03/2020 04:17 PM EDT

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NEWS RELEASE: COMMUNITY TESTING EVENT

Media Contact: Kristina Wieghmink, OCDPH public information officer
kwieghmink@miottawa.org I mobile/text 616-510-8523

Free COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing this Weekend

Saturday, June 6 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
& Sunday, June 7 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM

West Ottawa High School South Campus
Entrance off of Butternut Drive

  • FREE diagnostic testing (NOT antibody testing).
  • Available for ANYONE who wants a test even if you have no or any symptoms.
  • NO SCREENING is needed.
  • NO doctor’s order is needed.
  • There will be drive-through and walk-up lanes. An express lane will be available to those who fill out and print the testing consent forms found at www.miOttawa.org/miHealth or click here.
  • Please bring a form of ID (a state or country issued ID or paperwork with your name and address [bill, mail or paystub]).
  • Restrooms will not be available.

This event helps public health officials identify COVID-19 infection in our community, isolate positive cases and find close contacts for follow-up monitoring. Some people with COVID-19 do not have symptoms and don’t know they have it. They can continue spreading the virus and can cause serious illness in others. This event will provide testing for them and many others.

“People who live in the 49424 ZIP code and those of Hispanic/Latinx ethnicity are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 in Ottawa County,” said Marcia Mansaray, deputy health administrator, Ottawa County Department of Public Health. “The location of this testing site was selected to help facilitate testing for those groups so we may detect and protect.”

The National Guard will do the testing. Medical Reserve Corps volunteers and Ottawa County employees will provide support functions (instructions, forms, traffic control, data entry, etc.)

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COVID-19 FACTSHEET

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ISOLATION is for people who are already sick. Isolation separates and restricts the movement of sick people so they can’t spread the disease to healthy people.

QUARANTINE is for people who are not sick but may have been exposed. Quarantined people may or may not become sick.

Click for more information about COVID-19 and Ottawa County's Response.

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