Carney announces partnership with Sussex Co. health providers and employers on community COVID-19 testing sites

WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney has announced a partnership with local health providers and employers to set up community testing sites in Sussex County and increase outreach and distribution of educational materials about COVID-19 in southern Delaware.

We’re told this community testing plan is a three-pronged effort, including testing through the use of rapid test kits and ensuring access to care, guidance on isolation and assistance when it is not possible to isolate safely, and education and outreach through the assistance of trusted community partners. Individuals will receive care kits with essential materials, such as hand sanitizer, bandanas, thermometers, and educational materials.

“This new testing program is designed to save lives. Over the next week, we will be partnering with local hospitals, the Delaware Division of Public Health, the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, the Delaware Emergency Management Agency, and the Delaware Department of Agriculture, and others to offer free, rapid coronavirus testing at community testing sites in Sussex County. As the largest employers in Sussex County, we are partnering with the poultry industry to ensure that workers and their families get all of the information they need to be safe and healthy,” Carney said in a statement.

Officials say partners in the community testing efforts include Bayhealth, Beebe Healthcare, ChristianaCare Health System, Nanticoke Health Services, Allen Harim, Mountaire Farms, Perdue Farms, Delaware Technical Community College in Georgetown, and more.