>> THE QUICKER THAT WE CAN
GET SOMEBODY IN WHO IS A
POSSIBLE COVID-19 PERSON, THE
FASTER WE CAN CONTACT TRACE,
QUARANTINE -- ALL OF THOSE SPEED
FACTORS WILL REALLY BE SPED UP
BY THIS SITE AND ALLOW US TO
HOPEFULLY CONTAIN THE SPREAD.
WAVERLE: THE NEW TESTING SITE IS
READY TO OPEN THURSDAY MORNING
AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY PLANNING
DIRECTOR, MATT WYANT, SAYS THE
SITE WAS OFFERED THROUGH THE
STATE.
>> IT IS OPERATED OFF THE TEST
IOWA PLATFORM, WHICH UTILIZES
THAT FOR SIGNING UP FOR TESTING,
TESTING MATERIALS, SUPPLIES TO
OUR STAFF, AND THEN THE RESULTS
NOTIFICATION.
>> WHEN THEY COME IN, I WILL
ACTUALLY HAVE A CLEAN TEST,
CLEAN BAG, AND WE’LL BRING IT
OVER TO THE CLIENT AT THAT TIME.
WAVERLE: REGISTERED PUBLIC
HEALTH NURSE, REBEKKAH REILICH,
WILL ADMINISTER TESTS TO
STUDENTS AND STAFF.
>> I WILL HAVE A FACE MASK USING
AN N-95 MASK, I’M GOING OT HAVE
A FACE SHIELD, I’LL HAVE GLOVES,
MY COAT.
WAVERLE: THE SITE IS AT THE
WELCOME CENTER.
DEAN OF STUDENT LIFE, REANNA
HEIM, SAYS THIS WILL HELP
STUDENTS GET TESTED EASILY.
>> A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE
FIRST GENERATION, LOW INCOME,
AND JUST SO, BY THE NATURE OF
THEIR SITUATION, THEY DON’T HAVE
TRANSPROTATION
-- DON’T HAVE TRANSPORTATION.
WAVERLE: RIGHT NOW, MOST OF THE
CASES ARE FROM OUTSIDE OF IWCC’S
CAMPUS, BUT WYANT SAYS THAT MAY
CHANGE.
>> I THINK, ONCE WE SEE THIS GO
DOWN FOR A FEW WEEKS, THAT WOULD
BE POTENTIALLY WHERE WE SEE SOME
POP-UP CASES HAPPEN, WHERE WE
FOUND SOMETHING BEING SPREAD ON
CAMP
