Northwest Health COVID-19 Testing for Homeless (5-19-20)

Northwest Health COVID-19 Testing for Homeless (5-19-20)

Tomorrow -- people who are homeless can get a test for the first time.

Northwest health services will be setting up its mobile testing unit outside of its downtown clinic.

The not-for-profit lead mass testing at a pork- processing plant last month.

The mobile unit testing a majority of the 2800-plus employees at triumph foods.

This time -- the targeted testing is for homeless individuals... medical experts say it's important to identify all covid-19 carriers, symptomatic or not, to contain the outbreak.

(eva cook, northwest health services: part of our mission is providing care to patients who are the most vulnerable citizens so that was an area we definitely wanted to focus on and now that there is enough available to get on that as soon as we could.

Testing is from 9-12 tomorrow -- staff will be around to help individuals with medicaid applications.

Individuals can schedule a test by calling the downtown health clinic -- at the number on your screen.

Walk-ins will also be welcome.