Getting Tested For Coronavirus? A Local Explains What It's Like

KUAF

Published March 20, 2020 at 2:06 PM CDT

Laura Bell Phillips says she met the CDC criteria for coronavirus testing.

Laura Bell Phillips got tested for coronavirus this week at the Washington Regional Medical Center testing site. She doesn't know the results yet, but wanted to share her experience of what it's like to go through that process.

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