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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">May 3, 2020</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Contact: Lucio Bitoy IV
<br />Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services
<br />Community Relations Specialist
<br />573.874.7632
<br />Lucio.Bitoy@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Mobile COVID-19 Testing Collaborative</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, May 4, 2020, will mark the beginning of a collaborative COVID-19 testing program between Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS), Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital (VA), MU Health Care and Boone Hospital. The goal is to increase testing for individuals that currently are not able to access existing testing sites and those at higher risk like congregate settings in Ashland, Centralia, Columbia and Hallsville. Once established, this joint initiative will expand to additional surrounding areas. This mobile testing collaborative will conduct testing in the event of any symptom(s) of acute respirat
ory infection (fever, new cough, new shortness of breath, new myalgias, chills, headache, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell). No other criteria will be needed for testing at these events. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, May 4, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Centralia Town Square (275 E Singleton St, Centralia, MO 65240.)</span></p>
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