Jamestown  (CVHD)  –   Central Valley Health District in Jamestown reports that due to an overwhelming response of participants at the  most recent COVID-19 mass testing events, Central Valley Health District ran out of tests on Friday October 30, and had to turn people away, due to lack of supplies.

Unit Administrator, Robin Iszlers says, “We maximized our allowance of tests conducted this week at our testing events.”

Iszler also reported that 100 tests were conducted on Tues Oct 27 at the University of Jamestown Harold Newman Arena and 300 tests were conducted on Friday, October 30 at the Jamestown Civic Center.   Iszler mentioned that they are working with the North Dakota Department of Health to increase allowance of tests completed for the future based on the lab capacity in the coming weeks.

Iszler reminds the community that testing events are always first come, first serve.  Free COVID-19 testing is available to the general public on a weekly basis on Tuesdays at Newman Arena from 11:00am to noon and on Fridays at the Jamestown Civic Center from 10am to noon.  All new attendees are required to complete the online screening questionnaire in advance, which can be found here: https://testreg.nd.gov/.  If participants have been tested in the past by Central Valley Health, they do not need to register again.

Central Valley Health District’s static testing events on a weekly basis, are with assistance from the North Dakota National Guard.