Immediate Care tests for COVID-19

First day testing at Chico Junior High School

Drive-thru testing site is now up and running in chico.

Action news nows vanessa romo was there all dayãshe joins us now with more on people had to say today about the testing site?

The line was long but according to the drivers i spoke to, the process was easy, simple and something they're grateful to have here in chico.

An answer many have been wanting to hear& since i couldn't test at any facility in this county, i said if you guys won't do it, my patients need it.

I'll get my own.

Anyone can now drive thru chico junior high school for a covid-19 antibody test& with a prick of the finger& one can get their results in just 10 minutes.

Im very very grateful, because ive been waiting and waiting to get this done&" but it does come at a price& the ceo of immediate care medical center says it is charging 110 dollars for the test.

The center will also bill your insurance for a standard visit.

My plan is to as soon as we amass a war chest of funds that we can purchase tests with, because we're going to go through them fast enough this week that im going to have to order 50thousand dollars more and as a private practice that's going to kill us& " that equals up to 1-thousand tests.

Dr. smith says the tests are from farm tek and he believes they are 90 to 95 percent accurate.

"i knew we would be overwhelmed.

We can only do about a hundred a day, physically, but we're going to do all of those until we don't have anymore& the testing will continue all week at chico junior high school from 1-5.

Dr. smith says out of 100 tests done todayãone came one back positive.

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