A long line of cars on Monday wrapped around the parking lot at the Arden Fair Mall near the Best Buy in Sacramento, where people waited hours to get a COVID-19 test.Dominic Hill, who was waiting in line at the drive-thru clinic, said he arrived around 8 a.m. He spoke with KCRA 3 around 10:30 a.m. and still had a way before it was his turn.Ahead of him, Lauren Babb got her PCR test after the hourslong wait. Even so, she has more waiting to do, explaining that she won’t get her results until Thursday because of a backup.She said she just wanted to get tested as a precaution while heading back to work after the holidays.Meanwhile, Jordane Lafitte paid $129 for a rapid test that she needed for her flight to France, which she already had to delay.”We were supposed to leave last night, but we couldn’t find a test location in three days. We went everywhere, even all the way to San Francisco,” Lafitte said.In hopes of helping at a time when COVID-19 tests can be harder to come by, the owner of Binchoyaki in downtown Sacramento is spreading the word on social media about weekly testing outside her restaurant on 10th and W streets.”I heard rapid tests and COVID appointments were getting really scarce, so I posted it yesterday and it just got really busy,” said Tokiko Sawada, owner of the Japanese restaurant. “So, we weren’t expecting it to have a line. We never had a line.”| More Like This | Stanislaus County COVID-19 testing sites fill quickly amid increased demandShe said the restaurant teamed up with Crestview Lab in August to offer the free PCR tests every Monday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.”I knew that they had testing for a long time, and it’s been hard to find rapid tests so we decided to come down to take a test, especially a PCR one so we can make sure we’re OK,” said Terisa Watanabe.Watanabe and her family were testing before an upcoming trip.
A long line of cars on Monday wrapped around the parking lot at the Arden Fair Mall near the Best Buy in Sacramento, where people waited hours to get a COVID-19 test.
Dominic Hill, who was waiting in line at the drive-thru clinic, said he arrived around 8 a.m. He spoke with KCRA 3 around 10:30 a.m. and still had a way before it was his turn.
Ahead of him, Lauren Babb got her PCR test after the hourslong wait. Even so, she has more waiting to do, explaining that she won’t get her results until Thursday because of a backup.
She said she just wanted to get tested as a precaution while heading back to work after the holidays.
Meanwhile, Jordane Lafitte paid $129 for a rapid test that she needed for her flight to France, which she already had to delay.
“We were supposed to leave last night, but we couldn’t find a test location in three days. We went everywhere, even all the way to San Francisco,” Lafitte said.
In hopes of helping at a time when COVID-19 tests can be harder to come by, the owner of Binchoyaki in downtown Sacramento is spreading the word on social media about weekly testing outside her restaurant on 10th and W streets.
“I heard rapid tests and COVID appointments were getting really scarce, so I posted it yesterday and it just got really busy,” said Tokiko Sawada, owner of the Japanese restaurant. “So, we weren’t expecting it to have a line. We never had a line.”
| More Like This | Stanislaus County COVID-19 testing sites fill quickly amid increased demand
She said the restaurant teamed up with Crestview Lab in August to offer the free PCR tests every Monday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
“I knew that they had testing for a long time, and it’s been hard to find rapid tests so we decided to come down to take a test, especially a PCR one so we can make sure we’re OK,” said Terisa Watanabe.
Watanabe and her family were testing before an upcoming trip.