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Fayetteville Lawmaker Concerned About Low COVID-19 Testing in Washington County

Z. Sitek
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KUAF
Coronavirus testing is available outside the Washington County Health Unit from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Rep. Nicole Clowney, D-District 86, represents west Fayetteville and for the past two months she's been concerned about the 25 to 29 percent positivity rate of COVID-19 testing in Washington County when the CDC recommends that figure should be below 10 percent. In this case, a high positivity rate means there aren't enough people being tested. Clowney discusses why that might be and ways to increase testing in the county.

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