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Hospital Getting Coronavirus Test Kits

Posted: Apr. 6, 2020 12:02 PM PDT

You may remember seeing President Trump last week talking about a new coronavirus testing unit that gives results in minutes instead of days. Well, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital is getting one of those….

Listen to Brian Evans 1

Hospital C-E-O Doctor Brian Evans says that doesn’t mean they can test everyone. He says priority will be given to hospital patients that are showing symptoms….

Listen to Brian Evans 2

Evans says more supplies will be in available in the coming weeks. He says they have treated patients for Covid-19 at the hospital, buit wouldn’t say how many. There have been only ten cases confirmed in Western County, and Evans says they have treated a “minority” of them.

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