KYLE, TEXAS – Free COVID-19 testing from Curative is still available at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center, 979 Kohlers Crossing, daily from 8 a.m. LOCATION: Curative Site at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center, 979 Kohlers Crossing Streetlights, Illegal Dumping and Graffiti.weekdays.Ĭurative, which has more than 35 local testing locations, charges people without health insurance $99 per test. weekdays and at CentroMed’s Palo Alto Clinic at 9011 Poteet Jourdanton Freeway, open from 7:30 a.m. for those with COVID-19 symptoms, open 7 a.m. Metro Health has two free testing locations in San Antonio: a walk-up testing site at 7142 San Pedro Ave. This is a problem for places like Bexar County, where nearly 1 in 5 residents under the age of 65 are uninsured. “Now, there’s just so many nonspecific symptoms that could look like a cold or allergies, and patients aren’t necessarily testing positive right away, which means they are spreading the virus to others,” he said, adding that many patients also aren’t heeding the recommendation to wear masks for five days after a five-day isolation.Īnother major difference this summer is that while there are more COVID-19 testing sites throughout the city, free tests for those without insurance are harder to come by.Ĭongress did not renew the federal CARES Act before it expired in March, which reimbursed providers for COVID-19 tests for Americans without health insurance throughout the pandemic. On : New virus strains drive San Antonio’s ‘steady, slow increase’ of COVID casesĪlsip said that as COVID-19 has evolved, so have the first presenting symptoms of infection. So far, 5,341 Bexar County residents have died from COVID-19 since early 2020. One more death was confirmed Thursday by Metro Health. Still, people continue to succumb to the virus especially in the southern parts of the county, according to San Antonio Metropolitan Health District’s online COVID-19 surveillance dashboard. These subvariants of omicron appear to be far more infectious than earlier versions, evading antibodies produced by vaccinations and prior infections, he said, but the the rates of severe illness and deaths are lower. Bryan Alsip, chief medical officer at University Health. “It’s certainly hard to predict, but we’re seeing encouraging signs as we look at outbreaks across the country,” said Dr. Public health officials are closely monitoring the rapidly spreading coronavirus subvariant BA.5, and to a lesser degree BA.4, hoping the coming surge won’t mirror what happened late last summer - when the delta variant caused hospitalizations to exceed 1,400 patients daily in a deadly surge that lasted from mid-July to mid-October. The local risk level is high and worsening. Looks like Bexar County is in for another hot COVID summer. Jessica Phelps, Staff photographer / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less Oscar Rivera help with a patient in the hallway of the emergency room at Texas Vista Medical Center. Jessica Phelps, Staff photographer / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 2 of2 Haug thought both children could be positive for COVID-19 and took precautions, putting on personal protective equipment before entering the room. Jendi Haug, an emergency room doctor at Children’s Hospital, checks the heartbeat of a young boy brought in.
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