Valley storm leads to Covid testing site closures in Anchorage
Adding to the frustration was the fact that information on testing availability offered through the Municipality’s health department was directly contradicted by what people were experiencing at those sites. Though the city doesn’t provide mass-testing services of its own, in the past it has helped guide residents to state-run and private testing operations. Online, several locations were listed as open but were not.
Tiffany Brown waited in line nearly four hours before getting swabbed at the Capstone COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at 4810 C Street in Anchorage on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022."Two of my kids, they're at home right now, tested positive," said Brown."I was actually supposed to work today. I called work and they said since your kids tested positive we would like for you to get tested too.
The situation’s severity was compounded by the rising demand, as people return from out-of-state travel and infections from the highly contagious omicron variant appears to beJones said it was afternoon by the time city personnel reached out to his team to ask what was happening.
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