Calexico Wellness Center will be offering COVID-19 testing

CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - In a few weeks, the Calexico Wellness Center will be opening their doors to the public for COVID-19 testing. 

In Calexico there is currently only one other facility offering COVID testing 

 Blanca Morales CEO of Calexico Wellness Center says in a city that doesn’t have a hospital, testing is crucial. 

“Our hospital here closed in 1998 and since then the population has tripled so we did some research and there high diabetes, high hypertension, and umm asthma, obesity is the main diseases happening in Imperial Valley,” said Morales.

The current wait time at the local testing site is 3-4 hours. The wellness center is hoping to disperse the patients and minimize wait times.

“For one thing its closer not everyone has access to  transportation another thing is we have a lot of homeless and when I say homeless I mean a lot of people are bundling it up together with families and here your average family is four actually six because young women are having 3-4 kids.”

 Javier Moreno, President of Board of Directors of Calexico Wellness Center says while the counties may be opening up that doesn’t mean the virus is gone. 

“But because COVID-19 is continually changing it changes what is today, tomorrow is different so we have adapted so what we did here at the Calexico wellness center we’re providing those services once we open up in July we’ll now be able to secure some testing so based on that we’ll be able to serve our population,” said Moreno.

The wellness center is still offering their other services through Tele-health.