Douglas County Health Department partners with NE National Guard for COVID-19 testing

Hundreds of vehicles lined up for drive-thru COVID-19 testing in South Omaha on Sunday, which ended earlier than expected after the 300 available tests ran out.

Another round of testing will take place on Monday.

EARLY HERE IN SOUTHOMAHA AS HUNDREDSSHOWED UP TO BETESTED FOR COVID-19AT THE DRIVETHROUGH TEST SITEBEHIND ME ...IT'S ONE OF THEHARDEST HIT AREASIN DOUGLAS COUNTY."CARS PACKEDPARKING LOTS AT ONEWORLD HEALTHCENTER IN SOUTHOMAHA.093447 "IT'STREMENDOUSLYSUCCESSFUL THECOMMUNITYRESPONSE IS VERYGRATIFYING."PHIL ROONEY WITHTHE DOUGLASCOUNTY HEALTHDEPARTMENT SAYSTHEY COLLABORATEDWITH THE NATIONALGUARD TO HOST THISDRIVE THROUGHTESTING.093715 "TESTING ISVITALLY IMPORTANT ..THAT'S HOW WE'REABLE--GOING TO BEHOPEFULLY ABLE TOGET CONTROL OF THECOVID-19 OUTBREAK,WHEN PEOPLE ARETESTED WE KNOWWHO NEEDS TO GOINTO ISOLATION, WHONEEDS TOQUARANTINE, WEKEEP PEOPLE A PARTSO THE VIRUSDOESN'T SPREAD."AS OF SUNDAY ...46 PERCENT OF THEMORE THAN 24-HUNDRED TOTALCORONAVIRUS CASESIN DOUGLAS COUNTYARE IN THE HISPANICPOPULATION.093512 "THERE ARE AHIGH NUMBER OFCASES HERE SOWE'RE RESPONDINGTO THAT NEED ANDWE WANT TO TRY ANDFIGURE OUT JUSTHOW BIG A NEED IT ISAND YOU FIND OUTWHO'S SICK AND THENYOU CAN STARTPUTTING PEOPLE INQUARANTINE ANDHAVING PEOPLEISOLATE SO WE CANSTOP THE SPREAD OFIT."THEY WERE ABLE TOPERFORM 300 TESTSSUNDAY.094033 "IT DEFINITELYPICKED UP QUICKLY,THIS MORNING OURPLAN WAS TO STARTAT 10 O'CLOCK ..WE PROBABLY HAD ACOUPLE HUNDREDVEHICLES LINED UP BYABOUT 9:45 SO WEWERE ABLE TO GETSTARTED A LITTLE BITEARLIER ANDACTUALLY STARTEDABOUT 15 MINUTESBEFORE 10."MAJOR JOSEPHEGGEN SAYS THEY'VEBEEN RUNNING TESTSITES FOR ABOUT 45DAYS.HE TELLS US THOSEWHO PARTICIPATEREACT DIFFERENTLY...094324 "SOME PEOPLEHAVE SOMETREPIDATION FORSURE ....THAT SAID THERE AREALSO MANY THAT AREEXCITED FOR ANOPPORTUNITY TO BEABLE TO BE TESTED.""TESTING WILL TAKEPLACE AGAINTOMORROW RIGHTHERE AT ONE WORLDCOMMUNITY HEALTH ...REPORTING FROMSOUTH OMAHASYDNEY GRAY 3 NEWSNOW."THE HEALTHDEPARTMENT SAYSTOMORROW'STESTING, WILL FOCUSON THOSE WHO ARESYMPTOMATIC ...OR WORKING INPACKING PLANTS.....TESTING IS FREE ...AND ANYONE WISHINGTO BE TESTED NEEDSTO PROVIDE THEIRNAME AND DATE OFBIRTH.IT STARTS AT 10 A.M.AN AREA ........C