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Cleveland Clinic Offers Drive-Thru Coronavirus Tests

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   Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and University Hospitals have added a second
   location for drive-through COVID-19 testing for patients with a
   doctor's order.

   Patients can stay in their carswhile samples are takenwithnasal and
   throat swabs.

   People with symptoms are instructed to start with an online visit
   to[1]Cleveland Clinic's Express Care Onlineor call their primary care
   physician.

   The Cleveland Clinic says it has tested more than 600 people on Monday.

   The Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals opened their first
   testing location on Saturday. Sofarthey have tested 800 patients,
   with26testingpositivewho are thentreated at theclinic.

   Brian Rubin,head of the clinic's pathology medicine, said the group is
   followingCDC's (Centers for Disease Control) guidelines.

   Rubin told Reuters news agency that local testing is very important
   because the specimens don't need to be transported and the results can
   be obtained rapidly. But he added that the role of big laboratories is
   also important because they can testa large number ofpeople.

   Rubin warns the public this is not a short-term health problem."If I
   had to guess right now, I would say we're in for at least a three month
   haul to deal with this virus before we really understand it and are
   able to cope with it in a more reasonable way," he said.

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