Physicians Quality Care received two more positive results – one for a Haywood County resident and one for a Henderson County resident – from its testing of patients for COVID-19.
Of the 1,140 people PQC has tested for the coronavirus since March 18, 54 people tested positive.
People concerned they may have the virus are encouraged to come to PQC’s secure COVID-19 Clinic on Pleasant Plains Extended in Jackson for an exam and a nasal swab test for the virus.
The updated breakdown of positive results by county is Madison County, 33; Gibson, 8; Haywood, 7; Carroll, 2; Henderson, 2; Obion, 1; and McNairy, 1.
PQC also is testing people for COVID-19 IgG antibodies. Patients who are not exhibiting symptoms for COVID-19 can walk in to PQC’s urgent care clinics in Jackson and Milan to get their blood drawn for the antibody test. Since it started offering antibody testing last Monday, PQC has tested 426 patients.
Physicians Quality Care, in partnership with LabCorp, a nationally accredited testing laboratory, is offering specific tests for COVID-19 (Sars-CoV-2). IgG antibodies are the body’s immune system response to fighting off the presence of a virus.
“The answers to what does it mean to have antibodies for COVID-19 will come as we continue to learn more about this specific virus,” said Dr. Jimmy Hoppers, CEO of Physicians Quality Care. “However, we do know that the presence of antibodies to other diseases caused by a virus – measles, mumps, flu, chicken pox – confers a much lower risk of getting the disease or spreading it to others.”
In a previous statement, the FDA said, “Experience with other viruses suggests that individuals whose blood contains antibodies associated with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection – provided they are recovered and not currently infected with the virus – may be able to resume work and other daily activities in society.”
For more information call 731-984-8400, or visit physiciansqualitycare.com. PQC in Jackson is open 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week. Telemedicine is available during those hours.
Because all COVID-19-concerned patients are directed to the Jackson location’s secure COVID-19 clinic, PQC in Milan has new hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
