Air Force Materiel Command Begins Phased COVID-19 Surveillance Testing

Air Force Materiel Command began a phased roll-out of COVID-19 surveillance testing Oct. 1, 2020.

This surveillance testing will initially begin with active-duty populations at four AFMC bases: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.; Eglin AFB, Fla.; Hanscom AFB, Mass.; and, Hill AFB, Utah. Participation in this testing effort is voluntary (FOR NOW).

The testing will be conducted in 14-day periods, eventually testing 100 total active-duty personnel at each location within the first two months of testing. The active-duty populations selected for testing at the above locations include the following:

Period 1: Healthcare workers
Period 2: Dorm residents
Period 3: Host wing personnel
Period 4: Installation workforce

As testing efforts are fine-tuned and streamlined, testing will expand farther to other AFMC installations and among other base populations. At this point in time, testing will begin only within these active-duty populations.

The testing effort is part of a larger Department of the Air Force sentinel surveillance strategy to randomly test Air and Space Force military and civilian personnel to identify and contain pockets of the coronavirus. The goal is to test people without symptoms for COVID-19 to determine if additional public health actions are needed in work areas. Ultimately, the Air Force wants to ensure Airmen and the Air Force community remain healthy and able to fly, fight and win in air, space, and cyberspace.

Individuals selected for testing will be notified via an email message from their local Military Treatment Facility. Any selected personnel with a positive confirmed case of COVID-19 within the last 90 days will not be tested.

These four bases will use the oral fluid coronavirus test provided by Curative, Inc., with whom the Air Force signed an agreement in April to deploy and scale an oral fluid coronavirus test that received a Food and Drug Administration emergency-use authorization. The test collects saliva with a cotton swab and examines it for the COVID-19 virus.

The testing effort will be continually evaluated and refined with each round of testing, as may be needed. At the end of the two month roll-out phase, and once the testing is further streamlined, AFMC leadership will evaluate and possibly begin an expansion of the surveillance testing.

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What the hell is the obsession with this virus????