The Brown County Health Department is bringing loose COVID-19 evidence to the Brown County Music Center this week.
The clinic’s opening is scheduled for Wednesday, September 2, “some technological problems” can be solved, public physical preparation coordinator Corey Frost said in a press release.
Provides loose tests for active COVID-19 infections, antibody tests that can be shown if a user has recovered from the virus.
Participants can walk through the BCMC parking lot, next to State Road 46 East Brown County Health
Registration for appointments will have to be done online at checkin.coronavirus.in.gov.However, to date, this site was not working properly, Frost said.Until this is the case, other people can simply drive without an appointment and the staff can check them in when they arrive, he said.
The clinic is expected to be open until December 31.”A monthly schedule will be made public for the last week of the month for the following month as operations are reassessed,” the press release states.
September hours will be nine a.m. to 6 p.m.Tuesdays and Thursdays and nine to four in the afternoon.on Wednesdays and Fridays, from September 12, some hours will be available on Saturdays from 9 to 12 h, the clinic will not be open on Sundays or public holidays.
The number to touch the clinic is 812-320-1124.
The county had a self-service control site at the BCMC that operated through the state fitness branch from July 14 to August 8.On that occasion, he checked in another 1,450 people. Brown County hasn’t had a loose verification site since.
A grant and “tremendous teamwork” made the situation more permanent, Frost said.
“The Brown County Emergency Management and The Brown County Department of Health have been working diligently with our state partners to express the need for flexible local testing since the start of the pandemic,” the press release said.
Unlike the last time loose checks were offered, this time, children from kindergarten through grade 12 will be reviewed, and younger ones can also be checked based on the availability of check supplies, Frost said.
As of Friday afternoon, Brown County had recorded 88 cases of viruses since March, two of which had died.
“The fitness and well-being of our county remains the most sensible priority in emergency control and public readiness of Brown County’s fitness,” the press release said.
“While our numbers continue to grow slowly, we have remained very small in other parts of the state and have noticed very little evidence of network extension.”
“Community spread” refers to other unrelated people who contract the virus without knowing how or where they gave it to them.