As students return from spring break, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is hoping to prevent a spike in COVID-19 cases through testing.
On Sunday afternoon, hundreds waited in their cars in the parking lot of the Ingham County Intermediate School District.
They were all there waiting to be tested for COVID-19. Kaily Denniston is the head nurse in charge of this testing site. Denniston is encouraging anyone who has traveled in the last week, or lives with someone who has, to come and get tested.
“We have two different lanes set up and during the registration process we’ll ask them if they have symptoms or not, and if they do then they will get both tests. We do a rapid test and also a PCR which gets sent to the lab," she said.
Jason Wilkinson, the Director of COVID Testing and Collection Coordination for MDHHS, said these pop-up testing sites are critical to try to slow the surge of cases in the state.
“We want to catch COVID, whatever variant, we want to catch it as soon as we can so we can know where it's at so we can help stop the spread," he added.
The site is open to anyone who wants to get tested. Drive-through rapid testing will be available again from the Ingham ISD on Wednesday April 14th. No prior registration is required. To find a pop-up testing site near you visit michigan.gov/coronavirus.