Going to a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site? Here's a step-by-step look at what to expect

Have a coronavirus test drive-thru appointment? Keep your windows up, but pay attention to the bullhorns.

'A new phase': US health officials pledge to ramp up nationwide coronavirus testing beginning this weekA label is then printed for their sample as the patient drives through to the next tent. There, a lab technician asks them to roll their window down just a crack, tilt their head back and the back of their throat is swabbed. Patients can then roll up their window and drive off.

"People will often ask, you know, 'what should I do while I’m waiting for my test result' and 'what should I do if I find out that I’m positive' and the answer is really the same: Stay home," Dickerson said."Quarantine yourself, stay away from your loved ones and making sure you do frequent cleaning of all your solid surfaces."Dickerson said that when the testing site opened Wednesday, they were able to test about 60 people.

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