Care homes to get virus tests leftover by Everett drive-thru
EVERETT — Thursday could be the last day to get swabbed at the county’s only government-funded drive-thru COVID-19 test site at Everett Memorial Stadium.
Snohomish Health District officials are expected to announce Friday whether the state and county will prop up another site — either at the stadium or elsewhere — but that appears to be unlikely, health district spokeswoman Heather Thomas said.
If the site closes for good, the Everett Clinic would operate the only drive-thru testing in the county, in Everett and Smokey Point.
The Snohomish Health District plans on using leftover kits to test residents of long-term care facilities and the homeless, in tandem with a statewide plan to test all residents and staff at every care home in the state with confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to a letter from the state Department of Social and Health Services obtained by The Daily Herald. Tests from the county could be available for some care homes next week. County health officials plan to roll out details Friday about which long-term care facilities will receive the remaining tests from the federal supply.
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