And the very many island residents who have had contact with infected persons like DJ Smalls have been lining up at the town's flu clinic. But the wait can last hours, even all day. Our colleague form the San Pedro Sun spoke to one young man who'd been waiting since the day before:
Voice of: Person waiting at Clinic
"So far it was me and my entire family that has been trying to get tested. I came here by myself whole day yesterday and I was unable to get tested and today finally made some progress. So far what they've been telling us that they are only taking people with severe symptoms, that's basically my mom and my little sister. People without symptoms like me and my dad are told to just be in self isolation and wait for results of my other 2 family members. If they come out positive it's going to be classified as a case where the family would be considered as a Covid19 case. Today my parents came 8am, I came around 9am, but we went in as a family around 10am and so far I say the process is extremely long, because I've been here all day yesterday."
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