Schreeder concluded by saying, “At the core, we’re part of the community and we want to meet the healthcare needs of our community.” Schreeder said, “We can come to the workplace and offer tests to employees.”ĭr. If employees can’t come to the clinic for whatever reason, Dr. If they have symptoms, they can monitor those symptoms to facilitate further testing and return to work decisions. If they answer yes to any of those questions, they can be sent to Synergy where they will receive a test (nasal swab tests and blood draw antibody tests will be available). Here’s the way the program works: an employer can request that their employees fill out a questionnaire if they are worried that they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 or if they’re having symptoms. He said that the central purpose of the program is to “minimize outbreaks in the workplace,” and “give workers and employers access to the testing they need,” so that they “won’t be put in harm’s way.” Schreeder informed me that the Emergency Room receives a lot of visits from employees who want a test because their employer asked them to get tested before returning to work. It is a back to work testing program known as COVID SHIELD. Synergy Wellness Clinic in Huntsville has started a new program to help ensure peace of mind for both employees and employers. On Thursday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced that entertainment venues, educational institutions, childcare facilities, and summer camps will be able to reopen beginning Friday, May 22 at 5 p.m.
have begun reopening their economies and workers are worried that they could be putting their health at risk if they return to the workplace. Almost two-thirds of these cases were reported in just four countries.”ĭespite this alarming fact, all 50 states in the U.S.
“In the last 24 hours, there have been 106,000 cases reported to WHO – the most in a single day since the outbreak began. “We still have a long way to go in this pandemic,” Tedros said at a briefing in Geneva. On May 20th, Tedros Adhanom-Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, announced that more cases of COVID-19 had been reported to the organization over the past 24 hours than any other time since the outbreak began. The past few days for the United States of America have been very worrisome, to say the least.