Coronavirus: Mobile COVID-19 testing bus rolls into Berkeley to provide services to homeless and residents

Community members lined up in front of a 45-foot-long bus idling along Allston Way in Berkeley on Tuesday afternoon to be tested for the COVID-19 virus. With four walk-up stations, the BusTest Express lets health care workers deliver self-swab tests to patients through window kiosks.

BERKELEY, CA – JANUARY 12: Community members are tested for the COVID-19 virus at the BusTest Express motorcoach on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 in Berkeley, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

BERKELEY, CA – JANUARY 12: Community members line up to be tested for the COVID-19 virus at the BusTest Express motorcoach on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 in Berkeley, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

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BERKELEY, CA – JANUARY 12: Community members are tested for the COVID-19 virus at the BusTest Express motorcoach on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 in Berkeley, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

Community members are tested for the COVID-19 virus at the BusTest Express motorcoach on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 in Berkeley, Calif. BusTest Express is able to carry out up to 500 tests a day and can be moved to any location where testing is needed. The Berkeley TestBus Express is only the fifth bus of its kind to launch in the United States.(Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

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The custom-designed bus includes HEPA filters to protect medical staff and sanitation systems, along with electricity, running water and Wi-Fi. Storer Coachways, the company that developed the mobile testing bus, is working to provide vaccinations with their coaches as well.

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