COVID-19 Update
Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday issued her twenty-sixth supplemental emergency proclamation transitioning the state from an amended Safer at Home Order to a new Safer Apart Order, the third phase of COVID-19 pandemic health orders. Masks will no longer be mandated statewide, but individuals are strongly encouraged to wear a mask or other facial covering when in public and in close contact with other people. This order goes into effect at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 9, 2021 and extends until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.
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Are you receiving results from the drive-thru testing centers? How quickly are those results coming in?
The Alabama Department of Public Health gets results from the health department lab and commercial labs. Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) from providers and all Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-associated Coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) test results from laboratories are categorized as "Immediate, Urgent Diseases/Conditions." By law, healthcare providers and labs are to report Immediate, Urgent Diseases/Conditions to ADPH within 24 hours of presumptive diagnosis.