Baltimore opens second testing site

Baltimore opens second testing site

THANKS MEGAN.

WE CONTINUE OURTEAM COVERAGE THIS MORNINGWITH WMA━2 NEWS MARK ROPER.MARK TELL US ABOUT THE CITY'S2ND TESTING SITE AND A THIRDON THE WAY..THIS IS ON SWANN DRIVE━RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE RAWLINGSCONSERVATORY IN DRUID HILLPARK.

AND WHAT MAKES THIS SITEDIFFERENT COMPARED TO THE ONEAT PIMLICO IS THAT THIS IS AWAL━IN TESTING SITE.

PIMLICOIS A DRIV━THRU SITE.

SO THISWOULD BE HELPFUL TO PEOPLE WHODON'T HAVE CARS━ YOU CANTAKE THE BUS AND WALK IN.PROTESTORS INTERRUPTED MAYORJACK YOUNG AS HE ANNOUNCED TNEW SITE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.THE PROTESTORS SAY THEY WANTCITY OFFICIALS TO MAKE MOREACCOMMODATIONS FOR THEHOMELESS.

THE CITY RECENTLYMOVED ABOUT 400 HOMELESSPEOPLE INTO TEMPORARY SHELTER━ INCLUDING THOSE SHOWINGSYMPTOMS OF COVI━19━ ANDPEOPLE IN THE AT RISK AGEGROUP OVER 62.

MEANWHILE━THE DRUID HILL PARK TESTINGSITE OPENED TUESDAY.

BALTIMORECITY HAS 1━HUNDRE━42CONFIRMED CASES OF THECORONAVIRUS.

FOR PEOPLEWANTING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OFTHE NEW TESTING SITE AT DRUIDHILL PARK━ KEEP IN MIND THISONE IS JUST LIKE THE OTHERTESTING SITES━ YOU CAN'TJUST SHOW UP━ YOU HAVE TOHAVE A REFERRAL FROM A DOCTORAND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FIRST.AND BESIDES THE TWO EXISTINGTESTING SITES AT PIMLICO ANDHERE AT DRUID HILL PARK━ ATHIRD SITE IS EXPECTED TO OPENIN EAST BALTIMORE NEXT WEEK.AGAIN━ WHAT MAKES THIS SITEDIFFERENT THAN THE DRIV━THRUSITE AT PIMLICO IS THAT IT'S AWAL━IN SITE SO YOU DON'T NEEDTO HAVE A CAR━ J