Three more COVID-19 testing sites opened Wednesday, bringing the total number of state-run sites operational to 16.|| COVID-19 updates | Maryland’s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||This comes as the federal government works to deliver at-home, rapid test kits to homes across the country.The new surge testing site on the campus of Howard County General Hospital, right by the entrance to the emergency room, is set up for a massive turnout for free COVID-19 PCR tests. But there was no line when it launched Wednesday.| LINKS: Where to get COVID-19 tests in Maryland | Find a Testing Site Near YouCharles Johnson was among just a handful of people who walked up for a nasal swab during the lunch hour.”I came to the hospital with my wife and I saw the sign and I thought I should come in and get tested. We’ve been out. She’s under medical care right now. So, I want to make sure that she’s safe,” Johnson said.There were also no lines at the new site-run state launched Wednesday at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore City. It marks quite a change from earlier in the month when people were waiting in line for hours to get tested.”That was ridiculous. I would not be here if that was the case. I would not stand in line,” Johnson said.According to the experts at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health said the test results will eventually generate a better picture of the pandemic in Maryland.”There (are) many reasons why we know that infection is higher than the numbers that we see, but when you can’t get tested, you are less likely to go and get reported. So, we also have a lot of home testing now that doesn’t get counted in the official numbers. But that doesn’t affect, I think, our response to the pandemic,” said Dr. Amber D’Souza, a professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.The state surge sites are all walk-up only, no appointments can be made, and schedules vary by location. Find a list of testing sites here.
COLUMBIA, Md. —
Three more COVID-19 testing sites opened Wednesday, bringing the total number of state-run sites operational to 16.
|| COVID-19 updates | Maryland’s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||
This comes as the federal government works to deliver at-home, rapid test kits to homes across the country.
The new surge testing site on the campus of Howard County General Hospital, right by the entrance to the emergency room, is set up for a massive turnout for free COVID-19 PCR tests. But there was no line when it launched Wednesday.
| LINKS: Where to get COVID-19 tests in Maryland | Find a Testing Site Near You
Charles Johnson was among just a handful of people who walked up for a nasal swab during the lunch hour.
“I came to the hospital with my wife and I saw the sign and I thought I should come in and get tested. We’ve been out. She’s under medical care right now. So, I want to make sure that she’s safe,” Johnson said.
There were also no lines at the new site-run state launched Wednesday at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore City. It marks quite a change from earlier in the month when people were waiting in line for hours to get tested.
“That was ridiculous. I would not be here if that was the case. I would not stand in line,” Johnson said.
According to the experts at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health said the test results will eventually generate a better picture of the pandemic in Maryland.
“There (are) many reasons why we know that infection is higher than the numbers that we see, but when you can’t get tested, you are less likely to go and get reported. So, we also have a lot of home testing now that doesn’t get counted in the official numbers. But that doesn’t affect, I think, our response to the pandemic,” said Dr. Amber D’Souza, a professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The state surge sites are all walk-up only, no appointments can be made, and schedules vary by location. Find a list of testing sites here.
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