Shasta Community Health Center becomes second mobile testing site

A new mobile testing site will soon be set up in Shasta County.

We need more testing before we can start to reopen our communities... action news now reporter ana torrea is lvie in redding where they're getting ready to start up a new mobile testing site.

This new testing site means that people who might not have gotten tested before will get tested now.

This is a big dealã especially for people without a healthcare provider.

The shasta community health center will soon be able to provide coronavirus testing for people here in shasta county.

Take so* trt:05 brandon thornock shasta community health center chief operations officer and we need to prepare for the possibility of a resurgence in this community.

The mobile testing site would be near the health center's main building and would start by giving 15 tests an hour.

Take so* trt:05 brandon thornock shasta community health center chief operations officer as you pick up efficiencies and demand increases, we certainly could do more than that.

Thornock adds: the health center's testing criteria have loosened up because the supply of test kits opened up.

Take so* trt:10 brandon thornock shasta community health center chief operations officer some of those folks who may have been frustrated before, they may have a possibility that they could be tested today but i cant make any promises because each situation is individual.

Ana stand u* trt:10 ana torrea @atorreanews the shasta community health center would be the second mobile testing site in the area, and it would give people--who don't have a health care provider access to testing take so* trt:07 linda moiland lives in cottonwood i think that a lot more people would get tested because right now i dont know where to get tested in short of calling my doctor.

People i spoke to tell me: they want to see more testing done in the area take so* trt:06 rod long lives in shasta county testing does need to take place for sure.

The more places that become open why not?

In butte county ampla health is offering mobile testing to the -- plus testing at all of it's locations..