DEATHS TO REPORT AS WELL.
BRYAN THAT'S OVER 11-HUNDRED
NEW CASES THIS WEEK..
BOLSTERED BY A SPIKE IN CASES
REPORTED ON THE TEXAS TECH
CAMPUS. TECH HAS NOW BROUGHT
IN A NEW, POP-UP TESTING SITE
FOR STUDENTS.. AND KAMC'S 'AMY
KOCZERA' SHOWS US HOW THAT
WORKS.. AND HOW EASY IT IS FOR
*ANY OF US TO GET TESTED.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ON
URBANOVSKY PARK AND NO PRE-
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. BY
TWO O-CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON
OVER 300 STUDENTS HAD GOTTEN
TESTED, WITH HUNDREDS MORE
LINING UP. SOME HAVE BEEN
NOTIFIED BY CONTACT
TRACERS...WHILE OTHERS ARE
JUST THERE TO GET A
PRECAUTIONARY SCREENING. MASON
STILL ALL MY TEACHERS AND
PROFESSORS HAVE BEEN PRETTY
STRICT ON LIKE, IF YOU HAVE
ANY SYMPTOMS DON'T, DON'T COME
TO CLASS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO
ONLINE FOR YOU. AT THE START
OF THE PANDEMIC ONLY A FEW
HOSPITALS WERE AVAILABLE TO DO
COVID-TESTING. CITY HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE NOW
OVER 20 CLINICS THROUGHOUT
LUBBOCK OFFERING TESTS...AND
CASE NUMBERS ARE RISING.
KATHERINE WELLS WE'VE SEEN A
LARGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER
OF POSITIVES. WE'VE ALSO SEEN
A LARGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE SEEKING TESTS. AND
BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WANT TO
ADD ADDITIONAL TESTING
CAPACITY. BUT TEXAS TECH HAS
CONTRIBUTED TO A LARGE
PERCENTAGE OF THE NEW CASES IN
THE PAST WEEK. STUDENTS SAY
THIS MIGHT BE BECAUSE THEY
AREN'T AS CONCERNED ABOUT
CONTRACTING THE VIRUS MASON
STILL I THINK A BIG PORTION OF
IT IS THAT THE REALIZATION IS
THAT IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE IN
COLLEGE, HEALTHY YOUNG GUY,
HEALTHY YOUNG GIRL GETS IT,
THEY'RE GOING TO BE FINE, YOU
KNOW, FEVER FOR TWO DAYS,
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STRUGGLE
MUCH. BUT HEALTH OFFICIALS
WARN EVERYONE TO TAKE CAUTION
- ESPECIALLY WITH LABOR DAY
WEEKEND APPROACHING. KATHERINE
WELLS IF YOU'RE GETTING
TESTED, STAY HOME AND STAY
AWAY FROM OTHERS UNTIL YOU GET
THOSE TEST RESULTS. YOU DON'T
WANT TO POSSIBLY BE POSITIVE
AND THEN GOING TO, YOU KNOW, A
GATHERING THIS WEEKEND AND
THEN EXPOSING OTHERS. SO IF
YOU'RE CONCERNED AT ALL - GET
TESTED. AMY KOCZERA, KAMC
NEWS.
BRYAN ANY, WE SPOKE WITH A TECH
