JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Due to an overwhelming response of participants at our most recent COVID-19 mass testing events, Central Valley Health District ran out of tests and had to turn people away.

“We maximized our allowance of tests conducted this week at our testing events,” says Robin Iszler, Unit Administrator. Central Valley Health District hosts weekly static testing events on a weekly basis, with assistance from the North Dakota National Guard.

Iszler reported that 100 tests were conducted on Tuesday, October 27 at the University of Jamestown Harold Newman Arena and 300 tests were conducted on Friday, October 30 at the Jamestown Civic Center.

“We ran out of tests on Friday and had to turn residents away due to lack of supplies,” says Iszler. Iszler mentioned that they are working with the North Dakota Department of Health to increase allowance of tests completed for the future based on the lab capacity in the coming weeks.

Iszler reminds the community that testing events are always first come, first serve. Free COVID-19 testing is available to the general public on a weekly basis on Tuesday’s at Newman Arena from 11:00am to noon and on Friday’s at the Jamestown Civic Center from 10am to noon. All new attendees are required to complete the online screening questionnaire in advance, which can be found here: https://testreg.nd.gov/

If participants have been tested in the past by Central Valley Health, they do not need to register again.