Three firefighters and a police officer in Mobile have tested positive for COVID-19, city officials said Tuesday.
James Barber, executive director of public safety with the city of Mobile, said during a press conference Tuesday that the four city employees tested positive.
The positives come after Mobile-based Synergy Laboratories donated 500 “test kits” and 131 asymptomatic first responders were given the 10-minute rapid blood tests on Monday.
Barber said the four employees have been quarantined at home until swab tests confirm the virus and physicians provide further guidance.
The rapid blood tests search for antibodies in the blood, which could show a past infection, but not necessarily active infections that are still contagious.
The swab tests will confirm an active infection if one exists.