Physicians Quality Care has received 74 more test results for COVID-19 since Thursday, and none of the tests were positive. Of the 1,308 results PQC has received to date, the number of positives remains at 55. The last positive test result was reported five days ago.
PQC has been reporting the number of COVID-19 test results since mid-March when it set up a separate and secure COVID-19 clinic on Pleasant Plains Extension in Jackson. The purpose was to address the need to test patients concerned about COVID-19, while the clinic continued to safely see urgent care patients who were not presenting coronavirus symptoms in its Urgent Care Clinic and primary care patients in its Primary Care/OCCMed Clinic.
Since it began testing for specific COVID-19 (Sars-CoV-2) IgG antibodies in its urgent care clinics in Jackson and Milan, 629 people have been tested. Antibody testing is available for people who haven’t had any symptoms for the past 10 days.
The clinic is also part of a national research study that will help find treatments for the virus. People who have had the virus and are symptom-free can participate in the study.
With all of its COVID-19-related testing, Physicians Quality Care is working with nationally accredited laboratories that are following FDA guidelines, said Dr. Jimmy Hoppers, Physicians Quality Care’s CEO, “In order to stop the spread of this virus, we need to find out as much as we can.”
“Consider antibody testing, for example. We know that IgG antibodies are the body’s immune system response to fighting off the presence of other viruses. That’s why, as our economy opens up, it’s important to know who has IgG antibodies to COVID-19, even though we don’t have a definitive answer on what that means. Even the FDA has said COVID-19 antibody testing may indicate that ‘the person has been exposed to the virus and developed antibodies against it, which may mean that person has at least some immunity to the coronavirus.’”
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.
