CHICAGO — During a visit to a mobile testing site at Coles Elementary School on Wednesday, Governor JB Pritzker announced the expansion of the state’s mobile testing operation with twelve COVID-19 mobile testing teams operating throughout Illinois.
These twelve teams will offer mobile testing to residents in hard-hit communities and visit facilities like homeless services centers and nursing homes.
The mobile testing sites offer drive-through and walk-up tests free of charge to any Illinois resident who wants to be tested.
“We now have 12 mobile teams that can be moved anywhere on any given day to mitigate and suppress emerging outbreaks, including places like meatpacking plants, nursing homes, migrant worker housing and other communities less able to access traditional testing clinics.
That puts us on the cutting edge nationally in flexible testing to meet the demands of a more open economy – and I’m thrilled that Illinois is leading the way,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “And to be clear, these mobile teams are in addition to our 11 free, state-run drive through and walk up testing sites across the state.
Illinois has built one of the largest testing programs in the nation, and that’s partly the reason we have made so much progress fighting COVID-19 statewide.
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