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>> MECCA, THAT'S RIGHT. SHE SAYS THIS PATIENT HASN'T TRAVELED OR BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ANYONE WHO WAS SICK. BUT THE TEST STILL CAME BACK POSITIVE THIS MORNING. >> WHAT THIS MEANS IS THOSE KIND OF SCREENING QUESTIONS, HAVE YOU TRAVELED RECENTLY, HAVE YOU BEEN BY SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN INFECTED REALLY BECOME IRRELEVANT. >> DR. REBECCA FAULKNER TELLS ME HER PRACTICE HAS BEEN PREPARING SINCE DAY ONE. >> BOUGHT EQUIPMENT FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF. WE HAD ALREADY OUTFITTED THREE OF OUR ROOMS TO HAVE VIRUS RAIDED HEPA FILTERS. IDENTIFYING PEOPLE BEFORE THEY EVER ARRIVE AT THE CLINIC. >> AND, LAST THURSDAY, THEY WERE PUT TO THE TEST AFTER SHE SAYS A PATIENT CAME IN WITH WHAT SEEMED LIKE FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS. >> FEVERS, CHILLS, HEADACHES, BODY ACHES, DRY COUGH, BUT FLU TESTING WAS ALL NEGATIVE. >> BUT DR. FAULKNER TOLD ME BECAUSE OF CURRENT STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT GUIDELINES, THE PATIENT DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR A STATE COVID-19 TEST SO THEY HAD TO GET TEST KITS THROUGH A PRIVATE LAB. >> AND WE WERE ABLE TO TEST THIS PATIENT IMMEDIATELY, AND IT DID TAKE UNTIL TODAY FOR RESULTS TO COME BACK. >> SHE SAYS, IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE SPREAD, THE STATE NEEDS MORE TESTING KITS. >> OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IS BEING STRESSED TO THE MAX, AND THE MORE WE CAN GET TESTING OUT AN AVAILABLE INTO THE HANDS OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS THEN THE MORE WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A HAND ON THIS VIRUS. >> THAT PATIENT HAS BEEN QUARANTINED FOR

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An Oklahoma doctor spoke out after she said she diagnosed the first person infected through community spread in the state.Dr. Rebecca Faulkner told KOCO 5 the patient hasn't traveled or been in contact with anyone who was sick, but the test still came back positive Sunday morning.>> Coronavirus in Oklahoma: Latest local updates“What this means is those kind of screening questions, have you traveled recently, have you been by somebody who has been infected, really become irrelevant,” Faulkner said.Faulkner said her practice has been preparing since day one.“Bought protective equipment for all of our staff. We had already outfitted three of our rooms to have virus rated HEPA filters,” Faulker said. “Identifying people before they ever arrive at the clinic.”They were put to the test Thursday after Faulkner said a patient came in with what seemed like flu-like symptoms.“Fevers, chills, headaches, body aches, dry cough. But flu testing was all negative,” Faulkner said.Faulkner said because of current state health department guidelines, the patient didn't qualify for a state COVID-19 test. So they had to get test kits through a private lab.“And we were able to test this patient immediately and it did take until today for results to come back,” Faulkner said.Faulkner said in order to prevent the spread, the state needs more testing kits.“Our public health system is being stressed to the max and the more we can get testing out an available into the hands of primary care physicians, then the more we'll be able to get a hand on this virus,” Faulkner said.Officials with the Oklahoma State Department of Health are investigating. The patient has been quarantined for about the next two weeks.