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A group of 59th Medical Wing Airmen screen a line of patients for COVID-19 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 18, 2021. Due to an increase in cases, the WHASC is conducting a drive-through COVID-19 testing available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the first floor of the parking garage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux)

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Airman 1st Class Shanterria Dewberry, 59th Radiology Squadron radiology technician, screens a patient for COVID-19 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 18, 2021. Due to an increase in cases, the WHASC is conducting a drive-through COVID-19 testing available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the first floor of the parking garage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux)

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Staff Sgt. Tamia Lyles, 59th Surgical Squadron otolaryngology noncommissioned officer in charge, tests a patient for COVID-19 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 18, 2021. Since the testing site uses the polymerase chain reaction tests, the results are available to patients through TRICARE Online within 24 to 72 hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux) (This photo has been altered to protect patient information by blurring out personal identifiable information.)

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Thurston Moore, 59th Surgical Squadron medical support assistant, inputs patient information for COVID-19 screening at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 18, 2021. Since the testing site uses the polymerase chain reaction tests, the results are available to patients through TRICARE Online within 24 to 72 hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux)

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Alexis Ramirez, 59th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron phlebotomist, seals a COVID-19 test for transport at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 18, 2021. Since the testing site uses the polymerase chain reaction tests, the results are available to patients through TRICARE Online within 24 to 72 hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux)

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Master Sgt. Preston Dews, 59th Radiology Squadron COVID-19 testing drive-through team lead, assists a registered nurse with a prescreening patient questionnaire at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 18, 2021. Due to an increase in cases, the WHASC is conducting a drive-through COVID-19 testing available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the first floor of the parking garage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux)

59th MDW: COVID-19 drive-through testing reinstated at the WHASC

Published Aug. 19, 2021
By Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- A group of 59th Medical Wing Airmen screen a line of patients for COVID-19 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 18, 2021. Due to an increase in cases, the WHASC is conducting a drive-through COVID-19 testing available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the first floor of the parking garage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux)