Prosecutor's office shuts down testing tent in Terre Haute

Prosecutor's office shuts down testing tent in Terre Haute

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This was not the only "testing" taking place in vigo county today.

Many of you have raised questions and concerns about people -- claiming to be doctors -- offering a covid-19 test -- for a price.

Take a look at this video.

This is near margaret avenue and highway 41 in terre haute.

You can see... police came to check out this tent with a sign on the side about covid-19 testing.

News 10 spoke with the people running this tent.

They told us they're doctors from crawfordsville, indiana.

They said they were offering blood tests for 75-dollars to determine if people have covid-19 antibodies.

News 10 spoke with police and vigo county health department officials about this testing.

Health officials gave us this statement saying... "there is only one f-d-a approved rapid response kit for covid-19 and it isn't being sold out of a tent in terre haute."

We also spoke with dr. darren brucken of the health department.

He says this is both he says this is both "shameful and disappointing."

And... we just learned the prosecutor's office has shut down