Jackson partners with company to bring COVID-19 mobile testing sites to community The company has promised to perform at least 1 million tests in Jackson Share Updated: 9:18 PM CST Jan 14, 2021 The company has promised to perform at least 1 million tests in Jackson Share Updated: 9:18 PM CST Jan 14, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript 16 WAPT'S CECIL HANNIBAL HAS THE DETAILS. SOT ENG8525- MAYOR CHOKWE ANTAR LUMUMBA. 03:37- IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE GOLD STANDARD OF TESTING THAT THIS IS THE MOST ACCURATE TEST THAT THEY CAN BE GIVEN 03:47 NAT POP PODIUM SOUND VO THE CITY OF JACKSON ANNOUNCING A PARTNERSHIP WITH LABLINQ TO PROVIDE RAPID COVID-19 TESTING USING PCR TECHNOLOGY A NON INVASIVE SALIVA SAMPLE WILL BE TAKEN AND SENT HERE TO THE MOBILE TESTING UNIT. ((STAND UP BRIDGE)) 00:02THIS IS WHERE THE TESTING TAKES PLACE AND PEOPLE CAN HAVE THEIR RESULTS IN 3 TO 24 HOURS. THIS IS THE FASTEST TEST FOR COVID- 19 IN THE WORLD 00:12 VO THE COMPANY SAYS THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PERFORMING NEARLY 12,000 RAPID TESTS EACH DAY. AND WHEN DEALING WITH A POTENTIAL OUTBREAK TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. SOT ENG8523- LANE ROLLING -CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER SRS AND LABLIN 00:56- FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE AND CONTAIN THIS DISEASE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THE BEST TECHNOLOGY 01:01 VO DR. LANE ROLLING IS A PATHOLOGISTS...AND A APART OF THE COVID TASK FORCE FOR THE BLACK CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS HE'S ALSO CMO OF LABLINQ AND SAYS WHEN COMPARING PCR RAPID TESTING TO ANTIGEN ANTIBODY TESTS THERE'S A GREATER CHANCE OF FALSE NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE RESULTS HE SAYS HAVING MORE PCR TESTS IN THE METRO AREA IS CECIL IS LIVE WITH US NOW TONIGHT... AND, CECIL...THERE ARE ALREADY TESTING SITES WITH PCR TECHNOLOGY SO WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP? AT THE COUNTY DRIVE THRU SITES THERE ARE RAPID TESTS BUT THE MORE ACCESS YOU CAN PROVIDE TO PEOPLE ESPECIALLY IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THE BETTER. THIS PARTNERSHIP IS PARTLY BASED ON RELATIONSHIPS WE KNOW THE CEO IS FROM MISSISSIPPI, HE'S A TOUGALOO COLLEGE AND USM GRAD SO HE WANTS TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND BRING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THE PEOPLE OF THE METRO A