The City of Dallas鈥� mobile coronavirus testing service is making house calls, but it saw low numbers over the Memorial Day weekend.
The mobile service didn鈥檛 crack fifteen tests on any day last weekend.
Rocky Vaz, the city鈥檚 director of Emergency Management, said 224 tests had been administered between the start of the program on May 15 and the end of Memorial Day.
Since it started, the city said there have been over 700 requests for testing, but about half have been screened out because the patients didn鈥檛 live within city boundaries.
鈥淚f our numbers remain low, we will look at options,鈥� Vaz said. 鈥淏ut we don鈥檛 want to water down the criteria so much that the people who actually need it [will] not get a chance to get tested and have to then be put on a waiting list.鈥�
Here's How You Can Get A Testing House Call:
If you鈥檙e a city resident with certain COVID-19 symptoms and you don鈥檛 have access to a vehicle, you can make an appointment. A mobile testing unit will drop by where you live and give you a test there. Tests are free.
Residents can visit to start the screening process.
