DULUTH, Minn. – Minnesota’s first COVID-19 saliva test will open Wednesday in Duluth.
Everything is a component of a state pilot program.
The tests will be loose for those who feel the desire to be tested.
The nasal swab is no longer the option for the COVID test.
“We need the evidence to be available to everyone who wants it,” says Amy Westbrook, department director of the St. John’s County Department of Public Health. Louis.
The loose check will be held in the DECC at least until the end of the year.
It takes 8 to 10 minutes to fill a bottle with saliva.
The effects will take 24 to 48 hours to return after being sent overnight to a lab in New Jersey.
Starting in mid-October, a lab capable of taking saliva samples will open in Minnesota.
All of this is aimed at testing barriers so everyone can get tested.
This novelty comes at a time when COVID instances continue to grow.
“In St. Louis and St. Louis County, we’re seeing an increase in numbers, we’re seeing a large portion of our student population return at age 20-24, and we’re seeing a big increase in that age. cohort, ” says Westbrook.
Even if other people undergo negative testing, they still want to take the obligatory precautions with mask and social esttachment to stop the spread.
If someone is thinking of getting a saliva test, don’t eat, drink, smoke or chew for an hour before giving a sample.
Fox 21 will have more tomorrow, adding a preview of the DECC before testing begins on Wednesday.