After that, the process becomes similar to that of a car wash.

“We’re telling them to put the car in park. Don’t roll your window down until you are told to,” Cummings explained.

Nurses are also telling the patient to turn their head to the side if they have to cough and to make sure they cough into the car and not onto the employees.

Then, a nurse who is in protective gear will prepare to take the sample.

“She approaches the car. She tells me she’s ready. I tell them to put their window down,” Cummings said.

The nurse will then explain the process to the patient and go through Alabama Department of Public Health guidelines for testing before administering the test.

“She will go ahead and do the test, which is a nasal swab that feels like you’re up getting up into the brain matter,” Cummings said.

“Kind of a ramped-up flu test is what most of the patients are saying as they’re getting it done.”