Gov. Abbott: San Antonio is to open the state’s first drive-through coronavirus testing site

Gov. Greg Abbott just announced that San Antonio will open the state’s first drive-through coronavirus testing site.

He didn’t provide details on where and when the test site would open. But he credited Mayor Ron Nirenberg and his team for leading the way on the issue.

The facility will initially be only for first responders, health care workers, operators of critical infrastructure and key resources and certain high-risk patients, Abbott said.

He said the state has tested 220 Texans so far for the virus and he expects public labs to exponentially increase the capacity next week. The labs will be able to test several thousand people a week.

Abbott made the testing announcement after declaring a state of disaster due to the coronavirus pandemic, making it the latest state of 35 to do so.

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