Community leaders take charge in San Jose s virus fight
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A volunteer guides participants into the testing area during COVID-19 testing at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose, Calif., on Monday, November 23, 2020. Thirty-one percent (31%) of the COVID-19 cases in Santa Clara County are located within five ZIP codes in East San Jose. The Mexican Heritage Plaza, located in the heart of East San Jose, has been a coronavirus testing site every Wednesday since August in partnership with Gardner Health Services and Santa Clara County. On Monday, they will host additional testing hours ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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New Mobile Lab Powered by Bloom Energy Processes Tests Reliably and Quickly to Bolster Safety at Businesses and Schools
Provides Critically Needed Tests for Disadvantaged Communities as Demand Surges
Bloom Energy and El Camino Health today announced the launch of the University of Illinois innovative Shield T3 COVID testing system and mobile laboratory at Bloom Energy s manufacturing facility in Sunnyvale, California.
The new Shield T3 COVID-19 testing lab, powered and hosted by Bloom Energy, is open to Bay Area businesses and schools for simple, rapid and inexpensive COVID-19 testing (Photo: Business Wire)
The new mobile lab, powered and hosted by Bloom Energy, is open to Bay Area businesses and schools for simple, rapid and inexpensive COVID-19 testing.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) A Silicon Valley energy company is expanding COVID test lab capacity in hopes it could speed up the return of businesses and schools to normal. Health is a vital part of Building A Better Bay Area.
This $1.5 million laboratory represents a unique private-public partnership to add virus testing capability in the Bay Area. This economy simply cannot wait for months to get back, so we think it s really essential, said KR Sridhar, Bloom Energy CEO.
Even with the promise of vaccines, Bloom Energy believes this lab will accelerate the ability for Bay Area companies, schools and universities to return to normal. Using a system developed by the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, it can process 10,000 tests per day with same-day results, using a proprietary saliva test.