Coquille Valley Hospital offers COVID-19 antibody testing

The test is only intended to detect antibodies to the virus, not to diagnose active or recent infections.

The coquille valley hospital now offers coronavirus antibody testing& which shows people if theye been exposed to the virus...after they're no longer sick.

Kezi 9 news reporter evita garza explains the impact this test could have.

Trt: 1:29 00:00 today was the first day staff at coquille valley hospital opened their covid-19 antibody testing clinic& and they say theye already tested more than 100 people.

Jeff lang phoner:?i think there was just a lot of questions in our community related to covid-19.

And this helps people answer another question on their mind?

Antibodies show your body how to defend itself against a foreign virus.

If you test positive for covid-19 antibodies&that mean you had the virus at one point, but your body fought it off.

00:29 evita:?doctors are looking for those antibodies in your blood, that's why you have to get a blood test?

Staff say this is a way to see how susceptible the community is as a whole.

Quinn meyers phoner:?from the get go, wee wanted to be prepared, wanting to be ready, wanting to be able to provide whatever our community was going to need during this pandemic.

And, according to the mayo clinic, the test is more than 90% accurate.?as long are your two weeks out from the offset of symptoms, that gives time for the antibodies to build in your blood?

The test cost 95 dollars with insurance.

Those without insurance get a discount-- 66 dollars with cash or credit.

Any time we can give our community and our patients information about theye health status, that what wee here for?

The testing center is located in the parking lot of the hospital.

Patients can expect to get their results back in 5 days.

In roseburg, evita garza kezi 9 news.