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IT TAKES 30 SECONDS, AND THEN THOSE SAMPLES ARE SENT HERE TO CONCORD TO GET TESTED AT THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAB. A GROUP OF MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS WERE SENT HERE TO THE LEBANON AIRPORT ON THURSDAY TO CONDUCT REMOTE TESTING FOR THE CORONAVIRUS. AARON: THE METROPOLITAN MEDICA RESPONSE SYSTEM, WE ARE A BRANCH OF VOLUNTEER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT CAN WORK UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMANS SERVICES, SPECIFICALLY UNDER THE EMERGENCY SERVICES UNIT. KRISTEN: AARON MCINTIRE IS THE COMMANDER OF THE GROUP AND WAS AMONG THOSE DEPLOYED TO TEST THREE PEOPLE. AARON: WE HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT, THE TRAINING WE WOULD NEED TO DO IT ANY KIND OF LOCATION. KRISTEN: THE SCREENING ITSELF BRIEF, TAKING ONLY 30 SECONDS AND IS DONE BY DOCTORS, NURSES, EMT’S, AND PARAMEDICS. AARON: COME RIGHT UP IN THEIR CAR. IT IS TRULY LI A DRIVE THROUGH. DO SOME IDENTIFYING INFORMATION AND THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THEIR VEHICLE, WE PERFORM THE NASA AND ORAL SWAB, AND THEN SEND THEM ON THEIR WAY. KRISTEN: STAFF TAKE PRECAUTIONS BY WEARING GOGGLES, A FACE MAS A GOWN, AND GLOVES. AARON: WE KEEP THEM IN THEIR OWN VEHICLE WITH THEIR OWN STUFF, IT LIMITS THEM INTO A COMMUNITY AREA WHERE OTHER INDIVDUALS WOULD NEED TO BE, AND IT LIMITS OUR TEAM’S EXPOSURE FROM BEING OUT IN THE OPEN. KRISTEN: THE RESPONSE TEAM WILL WORK WITH THE STATE TO SCHEDULE ANY FURTHER TESTING. AARON: OUR GOAL IS TO DO T SCREENING IN A LOW-PROFILE WAY, SO WE DON’T DRAW UNEEDED ATTENTION TO THOSE FOLKS C

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Health workers are doing mobile COVID-19 testing on people who New Hampshire public health officials have identified as at risk for the coronavirus.>> Download the FREE WMUR appThe testing can be done from a car and takes 30 seconds, officials said. The samples are then sent to Concord to get tested at the public health lab.A group of medical volunteers were sent to the Lebanon Airport on Thursday to conduct remote testing."The Metropolitan Medical Response System is a branch of volunteer medical professionals that can work under the Department of Health and Human Services, specially under the emergency services unit," said Aaron McIntire, MMRS commander.McIntire was among those deployed to test three people. "We have all the equipment, the training we would need to do it any kind of location," he said.The testing is done by doctors, nurses and paramedics."Come right up in their car -- it's truly just like a drive-thru -- do some identifying information and through the window of their vehicle, we perform the nasal and oral swab and then send them on their way," McIntire said.Staff members take precautions by wearing goggles, a face mask, a gown and gloves."We keep them in their own vehicle with their own stuff," McIntire said. "It limits them into a community area where other individuals would need to be, and it limits the team's exposure from being out in the open."The response team will work with the state to schedule any further testing."Our goal is to do the screening in a low-profile way so we don't draw unneeded attention to those folks coming to get the screening done," McIntire said.There's no word on when the results will be in for the samples taken Thursday.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