COVID-19 testing accessibility expands across the Hoosier state

On Monday, testing expanded across the state to give anyone that wants to get tested for the virus the ability to do so.

June 15th.

Starting today... "any hoosier" that wants to get tested "for the corona-virus" can do so.

News 10's "jada huddlestun"..

Shares more with us now..

"on the statewide testing" and where we are "with it locally".

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Local health officials say we're in a much different place than we were just a few months ago when this pandemic started.

Then..

Only patients who were seriously ill could get tested.

Eventually it moved to patients showing symptoms of the virus could get tested..

And now the availibilty of testing has grown to allow anyone who wants to to get tested.

This is happening all across the state.

Here in terre haute..

That includes the optum site at the national guard armory.

You may also get tested at union hospital..

And the c-v-s on margaret avenue.

However..

These testing sites are for certain patients only.

I spoke with roni elder at the vigo county health department.

She says increased testing is crucial in fighting this virus.

////// //////// "being able to test multiple people without having symptoms, and without having this huge criteria is so important for us to move on through the phases, because that way we can know if someone is positive and they just are pre-symptomic, or they just have symptoms that they're not really noticing."

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Coming up for you at the top of the hour..

I'll explain what increased testing numbers mean as far as the peak