Tide of COVID-19 testing continues in Memphis
Government officials try to get a handle on outbreaks with ramped up coronavirus tests
National Guard medics collect nasal swabs as hundreds of Memphians line up for COVID-19 testing at the Christ Community testing site in Frayser on April 25, 2020. For the first time, testing is being made available to residents not showing symptoms of the disease. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
National Guard medics collect nasal swabs as hundreds of Memphians line up for COVID-19 testing at the Christ Community testing site in Frayser on April 25, 2020. For the first time, testing is being made available to residents not showing symptoms of the disease. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
National Guard medics and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center staff collect nasal swabs as hundreds of Memphians line up for COVID-19 testing at the Christ Community testing site in Hickory Hill on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. For the second time, testing is being made available to residents not showing symptoms of the disease. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
National Guard medics and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center staff collect nasal swabs as hundreds of Memphians line up for COVID-19 testing at the Christ Community testing site in Hickory Hill on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. For the second time, testing is being made available to residents not showing symptoms of the disease. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
National Guard medics and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center staff collect nasal swabs as hundreds of Memphians line up for COVID-19 testing at the Christ Community testing site in Hickory Hill on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. For the second time, testing is being made available to residents not showing symptoms of the disease. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
National Guard medics collect nasal swabs as hundreds of Memphians line up for COVID-19 testing at the Christ Community testing site in Frayser on April 25, 2020. For the first time, testing is being made available to residents not showing symptoms of the disease. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Christ Community medical technicians, nurses and National Guard medics collect information from hundreds of Memphians who want to be tested for COVID-19 at the Christ Community testing site in Frayser on April 25, 2020. For the first time, testing is being made available to residents not showing symptoms of the disease. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee thanks Memphians sitting in line to be tested for COVID-19 by National Guard Medics during a visit to the Christ Community testing site in Frayser on April 25, 2020. For the first time, local testing is being made available to residents not showing symptoms of the disease. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
National Guard medics collect nasal swabs as hundreds of Memphians line up for COVID-19 testing at the Christ Community testing site in Frayser on April 25, 2020. For the first time, testing is being made available to residents not showing symptoms of the disease. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Christ Community staff, medical technicians and National Guard medics prepare to start a long day of COVID-19 testing as hundreds of Memphians line up at the Christ Community testing site in Frayser on April 25, 2020. For the first time, testing is being made available to residents not showing symptoms of the disease. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
National Guard medics collect nasal swabs as hundreds of Memphians line up for COVID-19 testing at the Christ Community testing site in Frayser on April 25, 2020. For the first time, testing is being made available to residents not showing symptoms of the disease. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Christ Community Health Services staff members Blake Chastain (left) and Derico Miller (right) setup a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site on Friday, April 17, 2020 in the Mendenhall Square Shopping Center. Christ Community will be opening virus testing sites in low-income area of Memphis starting this weekend. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Christ Community Health Services staff member Blake Chastain lines up cones while setting up a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site on Friday, April 17, 2020 in the Mendenhall Square Shopping Center. Christ Community will be opening virus testing sites in low-income area of Memphis starting this weekend. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Christ Community Health Services staff members setup a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site on Friday, April 17, 2020 in the Mendenhall Square Shopping Center. Christ Community will be opening virus testing sites in low-income area of Memphis starting this weekend. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
A doctor prepares to swab a patient at Christ Community Health's drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Whitehaven April 13, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A doctor pulls out a fresh testing swab before administering a COVID-19 test at Christ Community Health's drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Whitehaven April 13, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A health care worker reminds patients to blow their noses before getting tested at Christ Community Health's drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Whitehaven April 13, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Medical technicians Jasmine Becton (left), Calisha Beauregard and Lanthanh Nguyen train on a new piece of equipment between processing patient samples at UTHSC's Coronavirus testing lab in the Hamilton Eye Center on April 16, 2020 which has ramped up it's testing capacity with the addition of more equipment and staff. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
UT's Director of Pathology Tim Hodge holds a vial containing a sample of dead COVID-19 virus while talking about the testing process at UTHSC's Coronavirus testing lab in the Hamilton Eye Center on April 16, 2020 which has ramped up it's testing capacity with the addition of more equipment and staff. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Medical technicians Jasmine Becton (left), Lanthanh Nguyen and Calisha Beauregard train on a new piece of equipment between processing patient samples at UTHSC's Coronavirus testing lab in the Hamilton Eye Center on April 16, 2020 which has ramped up it's testing capacity with the addition of more equipment and staff. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Medical technicians and nurses collect samples as staff from Cherokee Health and Kroger team up to offer a limited 3-day run of free drive-thru COVID-19 testing for people with symptoms, healthcare workers and first responders in the parking lot at the Memphis Business Academy in Frayser on April 22, 2020. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
A Memphis Police officer directs traffic as staff from Cherokee Health and Kroger team up to offer a limited 3-day run of free drive-thru COVID-19 testing for people with symptoms, healthcare workers and first responders in the parking lot at the Memphis Business Academy in Frayser on April 22, 2020. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Medical technicians and nurses collect samples as staff from Cherokee Health and Kroger team up to offer a limited 3-day run of free drive-thru COVID-19 testing for people with symptoms, healthcare workers and first responders in the parking lot at the Memphis Business Academy in Frayser on April 22, 2020. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
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