Pop-up COVID-19 testing site in Elk Grove reaches capacity soon after opening

Olivia DeGennaro reports

NOT VERY LONG AFTER IT OPENED.FOX FORTY'S OLIVIA DE JANEIROWAS THERE AS THAT LINE FORMEDAROUND THE BLOCK.FOLKS CAME VERY EARLY ANDSO THAT WAS A BIT OF ASURPRISE BUT THAT'S OK WE'REPREPARED PEOPLE LINING UPHOURS IN ADVANCE FOR A POP-UPCOVID-19 TESTING SITE INVALLEY, HI NORTH LAGUNALIBRARY IN ELK GROVE WE WANTTO BE FLEXIBLE IN SO IF FOLKSARE HERE EARLY WE WANT TOPROVIDE OUR SERVICES EARLY ASPOSSIBLE THE NATIONAL GUARDBEGAN TESTING WELL BEFORE THESITE WAS SUPPOSED TO OPEN AT7.30 AND BY ABOUT 8 O'CLOCKTHIS MORNING THE TESTING SITEHAD ALREADY REACHED CAPACITY,WE'RE CLOSE TO IF NOT ALREADYEXCEEDED A 100 FOLKS AND SOWE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT OFFOR ABILITY TODAY HERE AT THISSITE 100 TESTS USED WITHINABOUT 2 HOURS A CLEAR SIGN OFTHE DEMAND IN SACRAMENTOCOUNTY JUST DAYS AFTER 5COMMUNITY TESTING SITEANNOUNCED THEY WOULD CLOSE DUETO A SUPPLY SHORTAGE FROM APUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVESURVEILLANCE IS IMPORTANTBECAUSE IT REALLY HELPS USKNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEVIRUS IN THE COMMUNITY SO THATWE CAN MAKE DECISIONSACCORDINGLY.THAT'S WHY THE NATIONALGUARD IS STEPPING IN TO TAKEOVER 4 OF THE 5 TESTING SITESTHAT CLOSED STARTING NEXTWEEK.

ANYONE CAN GET TESTEDFOR FREE ALL WHILE STAYINGINSIDE THEIR VEHICLE, PUBLICHEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILLKEEP AS MANY TEST SITE OPEN ASLONG AS THIS DEMAND KEEPS UPWILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THISNEED AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN ELKGROVE OLIVIA DE JANEIRO FOX 40NEWS.