MARSHFIELD, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – The Wisconsin National Guard is once again doing drive-thru COVID testing in our area. They were at the Marshfield Fairgrounds on Tuesday, conducting tests with the Wood County Health Department.
Testing started at 8am and wrapped up around noon. Health official say that today is just the beginning. The new round of testing is in response to an overall community need. “We just realized that there is a huge access issue with testing and people getting results in a timely fashion,” Kristie Rauter-Egge, Supervisor of Strategic Initiatives at the Wood County Health Department, told WAOW-TV.
Egge says that they plan to expand drive-thru COVID testing to other locations, although an official schedule has yet to be released.
