Swamped Children's Hospitals To Parents: Get Kids COVID Tested At Pharmacies, MDH Sites

CBS Minnesota

October 1, 2021

Testing for COVID-19 is up dramatically this month, as Minnesotans comply with requirements for work, school, and travel and cases have been on the rise.

But where people choose to get tested is creating some problems.

Parents are packing the emergency room at Children’s Minnesota for routine COVID-19 tests. The hospital says its ERs are filled with COVID-19 and RSV cases. It’s asking families seeking routine COVID-19 tests to “go to local retail pharmacies or one of the many Minnesota Department of Health sites.”

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