Mobile testing site comes to FMC

  • The Texas National Guard mobile testing team, known as “Alpha Group,” was deployed to Fairfield’s Freestone Medical Center this past Sunday. Photo by Mary Cryer Awalt
    The Texas National Guard mobile testing team, known as “Alpha Group,” was deployed to Fairfield’s Freestone Medical Center this past Sunday. Photo by Mary Cryer Awalt
  • A member of the Texas National Guard “Alpha Group” oversees the mobile testing site held at Freestone Medical Center. Photo by Mary Cryer Awalt
    A member of the Texas National Guard “Alpha Group” oversees the mobile testing site held at Freestone Medical Center. Photo by Mary Cryer Awalt
The number of Freestone County residents tested for the coronavirus tripled over the weekend after a Texas National Guard drive-through testing unit was deployed to Fairfield as part of an effort to bring supplemental testing services to smaller counties. According to data provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services, 40 individuals from Freestone County were tested at Sunday’s…

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