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Pasadena Drive-Up COVID-19 Testing Center in Planning Stages

No timeline on when center will open

Published on Friday, April 3, 2020 | 1:00 am
 
A technician at a drive-through testing program prepares to swab a patient. Photo by James Carbone.

Although it is not known when it will open or where it will be located, a Pasadena drive-up test site is in the works, according to a City News Service story.

According to that story, the site is currently in the planning stages.

Three other drive-up locations are scheduled to begin operating today in Pomona, Redondo Beach, Palmdale and others in the works countywide, officials said today.

A similar site in Glendale is already open.

The site would employ a self-administered oral swab, meaning clients must swab their own mouths/throats using instructions provided to them at the site. The testing process takes between five and 10 minutes.

“The goal is to increase testing capacity as quickly as possible in Los Angeles County to meet the community’s needs, which are growing every day,” said Dr. Clayton Kazan, medical director of the L.A. County Fire Department, who is leading the countywide coordination of COVID-19 testing.

Currently, COVID-19 testing is limited to the most vulnerable Los Angeles County residents — those who are age 65 and older and/or have underlying health conditions, including diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, chronic lung disease, or moderate to severe asthma.

Testing is also limited to those who are immunocompromised, including as a result of cancer treatment, and/or have been subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine period because they have been exposed to an individual with a confirmed case of COVID-19 and have more than seven days of the two-week quarantine period remaining.

If you are interest in getting tested, you must first register on the screening website, coronavirus.lacity.org/testing.

This first step determines if people are eligible to be tested. At the website, individuals are asked to answer basic questions, including name, date of birth, address and whether they are exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms such as fever, coughing and difficulty breathing.

The website— in real time — determines and confirms an individual’s testing eligibility. Those who receive confirmation of testing eligibility will then be given a selection of testing sites, and available appointment times to complete the test registration process.

The registration number will be required information at the testing site. All of the testing locations are drive-up and clients stay in their vehicles for tests — though pedestrian clients with appointments can be tested, as well.

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