UPDATED APRIL 21, 2020, 5:04 A.M.
Officials with Christopher Rural Health Planning Corporation say some CRHPC facilities have been designated by the state to be testing locations for COVID-19.
Clinic sites that have been approved are located in Albion, Carmi, Christopher, Du Quoin, Fairfield, Flora, Eldorado, Johnston City, Mt. Vernon, Sesser, and Shawneetown. All sites began testing on April 20, 2020.
Anyone with COVID-19 questions should call CRHPC's hotline at 800-408-7351.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE POSTED APRIL 16, 2020, 5:50 P.M.
CHICAGO (WSIL) � Governor JB Pritzker has announced new COVID-19 testing sites across the state, including here in southern Illinois.
During his daily briefing Thursday, Gov. Pritzker said the state was working with partners to eliminate supply chain problems, expand testing guidelines and increase the number of testing sites in Illinois.
"We are utilizing our incredible statewide network of Federally Qualified Health Centers to launch new testing locations in communities across Illinois", said Governor JB Pritzker. "These new sites will feed specimens to our network of expanded laboratory capacity. We have sites coming online across Chicago, the Collar Counties, Peoria, and Illinois with many more centers expressing interest and working to get their operations up and running."
According to the governor's office, Christopher Greater Area Rural Health will have 9-12 sites across the area.
SIU in Carbondale will also be one of the universities providing testing materials and swabs to help stock state labs.
