{"id":2457051,"date":"2020-04-10T22:24:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T04:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/pitkin-county-covid-19-tests-to-go-to-certain-groups\/"},"modified":"2020-04-11T09:34:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T15:34:35","slug":"pitkin-county-covid-19-tests-to-go-to-certain-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/pitkin-county-covid-19-tests-to-go-to-certain-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitkin County: COVID-19 tests to go to certain groups"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A healthcare provider puts a fit-tested mask over her face before her next patient at the coronavirus testing location at the Aspen Volunteer Fire Department\u2019s Aspen Village Location on Thursday, March 12, 2020. <\/strong>
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The 1,000 COVID-19 tests procured Thursday by Pitkin County will be reserved for residents who have either had symptoms of the virus or fall into a particular group like health care workers, officials said Friday.<\/p>\n

The information provided by the tests<\/a>, which look for antibodies in blood produced by people who have had the disease, will give public health officials a glimpse of the recent past and an idea of how to move forward, said Gabe Muething, Aspen Ambulance director, and Pitkin County Public Health Director Karen Koenemann.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this test, we will get to better understand where it is in our community and how many have been affected,\u201d said Muething, who also serves as one of the commanders of the team managing the area\u2019s virus response. \u201cWe hope that those who\u2019ve been infected have some level of immunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The body produces antibodies to fight the virus days after infection, and those antibodies stick around after a person has recovered.<\/p>\n

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