Excerpts from Fox32Chicago.com:
The first state-operated drive-thru test site for COVID-19 opened Monday to
first respondersemergency workers and health professionals at a repurposed vehicle emissions test building at 6959 Forest Preserve Drive, near Harlem Irving Plaza. The Illinois National Guard will test 250 people on a first-come, first-served basis from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.About 115 Illinois National Guard members work at the Harwood Heights Community Testing Site. The site is also the first drive-through test site operated by the state. Two test sites that opened over the weekend in Walmart parking lots in the suburbs were run by the Department of Health and Human Services.
The test site reached its daily capacity by 12:30 p.m.
Before the site opened, four Chicago police officers and two CFD paramedics had tested positive for COVID-19.
