UnityPoint Health Coronavirus Testing At Four Locations

UnityPoint Health is now testing patients who are asymptomatic for COVID-19 at four locations in Iowa. The testing is being done at hospitals in Anamosa, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque and Waterloo. It is for patients already admitted to those to transferred to the hospital and were not tested in the previous two or three days. UnityPoint says the goal is to find out who is infected and to carry out contact tracing. The testing is done with a nasal swab with results for those showing no symptoms expected in around 12 to 72 hours.