NEWS: Two drive-thru test sites focused on testing vulnerable low income or minority areas of Las Vegas.
CORONAVIRUS TESTING IN SEVERALLAS VEGAS COMMUNITIES - -CONSIDERED MOST VULNERABLE TOTHE GLOBAL PANDEMIC.HOPING SAVE LIVES.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER SEANDELANCEY IS LIVE NEAR MARTINLUTHER KING BOULEVARD - ANDLAKE MEAD WITH THEIR MISSION.SEAN?ROSS - GREATER EVERGREENMISSIONARY CHURCH IS IN THEHEART OF AN AFRICAN AMERICANCOMMUNITY - - AND MUCH OF THESURROUNDING AREA IS LOW INCOME.THIS SITE IS HERE - - BECAUSEBOTH GROUPS AREDISPROPORTIONATELYAFFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS.ONE-BY-ONE - - THE CARS ROLLTHROUGH.INSIDE - PEOPLE AFRAID THEY'VEBECOME THE LATEST PERSONAFFECTED BY THE GLOBALCORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC."THIS MIGHT HELP GET US TO OURNEW NORMAL." REVEREND DEBRASMITH - - AND PASTOR WELTONSMITH THE THIRD WERE THE FIRSTPEOPLE THROUGH THE LINE TO GETTESTED - - AND TWO PEOPLE WHOHELPED ORGANIZE THE TESTINGSITE AT GREATER EVERGREENMISSIONARY CHURCH.N-S LABS OUT OF ARKANSAS -TESTING ANYONE OVER 65 FOR THEVIRUS - - IN A COMMUNITY THAT'SMORE VULNERABLE THAN MOST."I'M THANKFUL THAT THIS ISHAPPENING RIGHT IN THE HEARTOF THE AFRICAN AMERICANCOMMUNITY.I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHERSITES, BUT I KNOW THIS ONE ISRIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEAFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUITY."AFRICAN AMERICANS AREDISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BYCOVID-19 IN STATES ACROSS THECOUNTRY.NORTH LAS VEGAS COUNCILMEMBERSPAMELA GOYNES-BROWN AND ISAACBARRON SAY THAT'S TRUE IN THEIRWARDS AS WELL---- NEIGHBORHOODSWITH MINORITY AND LOW INCOMEPOPULATIONS."THAT'S WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE.THE DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBERS INOUR AFRICAN AMERICANCOMMUNITIES AND LOW- INCOMENEIGHBORHOODS, AND ALSO OURSENIOR COMMUITIES.THAT'S WHY THEY WELCOMED THISGIVE THEM A PICTURE OFHEALTHCARE IN WARD ONE AND TWO- - AND CAN DIRECT THEM TOIMPROVE THE WHOLE HEALTHCARESYSTEM WHEN THE PANDEMIC COMESTHIS POPULATION, WHAT IS THEREASON THAT NUMBERS ARE SOTHEY WILL HAVE MORE TESTINGSITESAVAILABLE AT WALMARTS AROUNDTHE AREA SOON.YOU HAVE TO HAVE ANAPPOINTMENT TO BE THERE.THIS SITE - - WILL BE OPENMONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - - UNTILTHEY RUN OUT OF SUPPLIES.SEAN DELANCEY - - 13 ACTIONNEWS.- VANOTHER OPTION FOR PEOPLEWANTING TO GET TESTED FOR
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