Curative Brings COVID-19 Testing Kiosks to Los Angeles
On August 6, 2020, Rachel Uranga from dot.LA reported that LA is expected to roll out COVID-19 testing kiosks later this month. After a similar program was piloted in Berkeley, Curative Inc., the testing company that has been responsible for 95% of the tests conducted in Los Angeles, is ready to bring the self-administered testing sites to the city.
Fred Turner, co-founder of Curative, tweeted out the photos of the kiosk less than a week before Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a similar program on August 5.
By allowing individuals to swab their own mouths and place the samples in a supervised receptacle, the kiosks can process about 500 tests a day, and will be offered as an alternative to the city’s drive-thrus, to increase accessibility to testing.
"We think this will be a great way of getting tests to people that can't necessarily use one of the drive thrus and making testing more of a part of our daily lives as we continue to fight this pandemic," Turner said during a press conference with L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Curative has administered 1 million tests in Los Angeles and is averaging about 18,000 a day with an eye toward growing its capacity further. The company is also rolling out a mobile unit that's being deployed to hot spots around Los Angeles, with a focus on reaching those most in need, Garcetti said.
You can read the full dot.LA article here.
