For the first time, a special type of COVID-19 test is available for first responders.
"First responders wake up every single day, and they are going out to communities and not knowing where they might be getting exposure to COVID-19," Christine Wiggs, with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, said. "We believe that providing them with antibody tests to understand whether they've been recently exposed is an important first step."
Monday morning, in a joint effort, first responders from across the Valley got tested to see if they've been exposed to COVID-19. "This is really important to us,” P.J. Dean, United Phoenix Firefighters Association. “We had our members express a large amount of interest in obtaining this test."