West Virginia University Medicine said it is setting up five drive-through collection points in state to collect specimens from pre-screened patients to test for COVID-19. The collection points will be in Morgantown, Parkersburg, Bridgeport, Wheeling, and Martinsburg. The testing will be supported by Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp, which will process the specimens that WVU Medicine collects from patients.
Collection points will operate seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will have results in three-to-four days, although time will likely vary based on the volume of tests. Tests will be reserved for people who meet screening criteria based on CDC recommendations and are sick with symptoms that are consistent with COVID-19: fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Asymptomatic patients – or those people who have no obvious COVID-19 symptoms – will not be tested.
www.WVUMedicine.org/covid.