Answering your questions about COVID-19

Answering your questions about COVID-19

ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONSSURROUNDING COVID-19.PROBLEM SOLVER ERIN CONRADTAKES SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONSAND GETS ANSWERS.ERIN: WE'RE ASKING THE TULSAHEALTH DEPARTMENT YOURQUESTIONS TONIGHT... ONEQUESTION WE'VE BEEN GETTINGFREQUENTLY-- IS DOES YOUREMPLOYER HAVE TO TELL YOU IFANOTHER EMPLOYEE TESTSPOSTIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS?

THEHEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS-- ITDEPENDS: ----it's really important toremember the way that peopleare determined to be at riskof exposure.

And so thosewould only be theindividuals who were inclose prolonged contact witha confirmed case.

And thatmay not mean that the entireworkplace could be at riskof exposure, coordinate tobe notified all businessesto review their policies todetermine how they will Liketo notify their workforce ofa potential exposure.

-----THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROMOURPROBLEM SOLVERS HOTLINE--.STEPHANIE SAYS SHE HAS HADTROUBLEFINDING A TESTING SITE THATIS NOT BOOKED UP AND NEEDSTO BE TESTED..

WHY IS IT SOHARD TO FIND A TEST-- ANDWHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TOGET THE RESULTS?Unknown 3:00 At this timein Tulsa County.

Again,there are a multitude ofresources for testing forCOVID-19.

We do maintain alist of those locations onour website.

For the publicresources.

Of course doctorsoffices, hospital andhealthcare systems areoffering testing as well.For anyone who would like tobe tested by the Tulsahealth department, you cancall our main phone numberand schedule an appointmentto be tested.

We areoffering testing byappointment only.

And yourresults will be receivedwithin five to seven days.----- STEPEHENS SAYS SHE CANONLY SPEAK TO THE TULSAHEALTH DEPARTMENT-- BUT SAYSMANY LABS HAVE BEENINUNDATED WITH TESTINGSPECIMINS AND THERE MAY BE ALAG TIME BECAUSE OF DEMAND.VIEWER MURIEL BAILY WROTEINTO KJRH ASKING: If aperson is tested severaltimes does that up the casesseveral times or just onefor that person?

STEPHENSSAYS: -----Unknown 13:30 I appreciateyou asking me about thenumber of times that someonetested and the number oftimes that they would becounted, because that's areally importantdistinction.

And we knowthat some people do testpositive more than once, butthey are only ever countedthe one time.

--------IN TULSA--ERIN CONRAD-- 2WORKS FOR YOU.THE OKLAHOMA BLOO