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WIESBADEN, Germany-- In order to be tested for COVID-19, one must first be screened in accordance with the Department of Defense and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.
Screening will consist of a questionnaire to determine if you have a fever or symptoms associated with COVID-19. Symptoms include, but are not limited to, having a temperature of 100 F or higher, night sweats or chills, persistent cough and shortness of breath, according to the COVID-19 Questions and Answers memorandum.
A person may also get tested if they have been identified by a tracer team, or accredited surveyors that monitor and track COVID-19 cases, as having been in close contact with someone that is COVID-19 positive or a person has been in an identified “high risk” work area.
According to the COVID-19 Questions and Answers memorandum, an identified “high risk” work area is defined as having two or more COVID-19 positive cases within the same workspace or workgroup.
Based on these protocols your healthcare provider will then determine whether or not you need to be tested for COVID-19.The highest likelihood individuals will continue to be tested to track the disease and attempt to slow its spread. One important thing to remember is that providers don't treat COVID-19. They treat its symptoms.
Whether or not you have a positive test will not change the treatment you receive; it just allows providers to track where and how the virus is spreading, and isolate people who have been infected.
“As we continue to fight the battle against this global pandemic, we can win when everyone stays committed to doing their part in terms of restricting movement or isolating if you are symptomatic, physical distancing and sustaining proper hand hygiene,” said Col. Stacey Freeman, commander for Wiesbaden Army Health Clinic.
Information referenced: COVID-19 Questions and Answers, https://www.eur.army.mil/Portals/19/documents/COVID%20FAQ/COVIDQ&A200402.pdf
For more information on COVID-19, please visit the following page: https://www.coronavirus.gov?source=GovDelivery
To see what the U.S. Government is doing about COVID-19, please view the following page:
https://www.usa.gov/coronavirus?source=GovDelivery
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| Date Taken: | 04.21.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 04.24.2020 06:28 |
| Story ID: | 367985 |
| Location: | DE |
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