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As a new strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) swept through the world in 2020, preparedness plans, masking policies and more public policy changed just as quickly. WVXU has covered the pandemic's impact on the Tri-State from the very beginning, when on March 3, 2020, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine barred spectators from attending the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus over concerns about the virus, even though Ohio had yet to confirm a single case of COVID-19.

UC Health Adds Drive-Through Screening For The Coronavirus

91.7 WVXU | By Michael Monks

Published March 17, 2020 at 4:00 AM EDT

New drive-through screening and testing clinic on Clifton campus

On Tuesday, UC Health opened a new drive-through screening and testing clinic on its Clifton campus. Testing for the coronavirus will be available by appointment by a doctor's order or by calling ahead.

UC Health has provided a map of the clinic.

Also this week, UC Health has put up tents outside the emergency departments at two of its hospitals. According to UC Health Director of Media Relations Amanda Nageleisen the tents are being used as “respiratory waiting rooms" for any patients who come with respiratory symptoms that could be caused by the novel coronavirus. The tents are located outside the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and West Chester Hospital.

Joining Cincinnati Edition to discuss UC Health's response to the coronavirus is UC Health Associate Chairman of Medicine for Translational Research and Professor of Clinical Medicine Carl Fichtenbaum, MD.

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