The quicker you can get your COVID test results, the more people who will be protected.
While some tests take 48 hours or longer to get results, there are some that will let you know in a matter of minutes if you test positive or negative for COVID.
- the more quickly you can get- your covid test results, the- more people who will be - protected.- while some tests take 48 hours- or longer to get results, - there are some that will let yo- know in a matter of minutes if- you - test postive-or negative-for- covid.- news 25's toni miles takes us t- one clinic in d'iberville that- offers this rapid antigen covid- testing.- - there have been a lot of- unknowns since the outbreak of- covid-19, but there have also - been a number of developments t- help in the fight against this- deadly virus.
- one of them-rapid testing.- jennifer mayfield, owner, south- mississippi urgent care: " as o right - now, we have the sofia rapid- covid-19 test, which gives you- the results in 15 - minutes.
It helps cut down the- wait time of sending it off and- - - - having them wait 24 to 48 hours- sometimes a little longer than- that.
We can actually get your- results back- in the same day."
- - - <nats: "south mississippi urgen care, can i help you?"> there's been a steady flow of - - - - patients seeking rapid covid- testing here at south - mississippi urgent care in- d'iberville, right- off sangani boulevard...the - sofia quidel rapid antigen- covid-19 test is quick-and is - guaranteed by the - manufacturer to be 97-percent - accurate...a winning- combination for those in school- systems or the the work force - who need quick and dependable - results.- jennifer mayfield, owner, south- mississippi urgent care: "you can get - back to work quicker if you're- negative.
It's 15 minutes and w- get you out the door."
Toni miles, news 25: "and this is just how easy the rapid- antigen covid testing is-a- quick swab.
That's it.
And the- - - - results are in in 15 minutes."
Nurse practitioner: "toni, your results are negative."
Toni miles, news 25: "alright.
That's the best news i've had - - - - all day!"
Jennifer mayfield, owner, south mississippi urgent- care: "this is a less evasive test than what we would- send off to the lab.
This is- kind of like your regular flu - test.
We don'thave to go back a- far into the nasal canal to get- any of the specimens we - - - - might need."
<splice> "if for some reason if someone still- needs the lab testing - for travel-that's a big one the- still need the pcr testing for- travel, we can still send those- off to the lab and get it back- within two days."
South mississippi urgent care i- open seven days a week.
- south mississippi urgent care i- - - - open seven days a week.
In- d'iberville, toni miles,
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