COVID-19 Update
Governor Kay Ivey 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 will end Monday, May 31, 2021, and the state of emergency will end Tuesday, July 6, 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.