Last Minute COVID-19 Tests ‘Worth the Wait’ for Sacramento Families on Christmas Eve

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The enactment astatine a Sacramento COVID investigating tract wrapped astir the gathering arsenic galore waited to get a last-minute trial earlier gathering with loved ones for Christmas.

St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church hosts walk-in COVID-19 investigating each Friday, connected Christmas Eve, adjacent with shortened hours, the hold was betwixt 30 minutes to upwards of an hour. The sentiment from those successful line: “worth it.”

“I’ve been successful enactment 30-45 minutes, but it’s worthy it,” said Sasha Jimenez, who waited successful enactment to get a COVID trial earlier gathering with her household connected Christmas Day.

Jimenez came early, earlier 11 a.m., to guarantee she would get her results quickly. She’s anxious to observe the vacation but said she won’t enactment her household astatine risk.

“My mom, my grandpa, my mother-in-law, a batch of them are a small spot older, I privation to marque definite that I’m moving and astir radical a batch much that I’m harmless earlier I spell spot them,” said Jimenez.

A fewer families down Jimenez, a pistillate waited to affirm the results of a accelerated at-home COVID trial she took connected Christmas Eve.

“I did a accelerated at-home trial this morning, and it came backmost positive,” said Jillian Hall who was waiting successful enactment for the COVID test.

Even with chances of a canceled Christmas, she’d alternatively beryllium harmless than sorry.

“If you were feeling sick, you conscionable benignant of had to anticipation you weren’t infected, origin determination weren’t that galore opportunities to get tested and to know,” said Hall.

The COVID-19 investigating tract at St. Paul Missionary Baptist volition beryllium unfastened during vacation hours connected New Year’s Eve from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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