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Gov. Reynolds touts TestIowa efficiency

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May 14th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, today (Thursday), touted in her press conference, the achievements of COVID-19 testing organized through TestIowa.com.

Reynolds said more than 400,000 assessments have been completed over the past 23 days on TestIowa.com.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, right, updates the state’s response to the coronavirus outbreak during a news conference at the State Emergency Operations Center, Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Johnston, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, Pool)

More than 4,300 people have been tested, and over 4,000 Iowans have been notified of their results.  The latest drive-thru test site opens Saturday in Storm Lake. The other eight sites are in Des Moines, Sioux City, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, Denison, Davenport and Ottumwa.

She said with the validation process achieved, the State will be opening up the parameters for who can qualify for testing, and soon process 3,000 tests per day as originally envisioned.