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Lots of Copper Country residents turned out Saturday for free COVID-19 tests.
Western Upper Peninsula Health Department Health Officer Kate Beer said they were nearly overwhelmed… [BEER B].
In fact, with extra kits pulled in from the Health Department and Upper Great Lakes Family Health, 657 tests were performed.
More than 50 volunteers helped make the testing day happen, ranging from Michigan National Guard soldiers to local health professionals, to Houghton County Commissioner Tom Tikkanen…
Tikkanen gave credit to the Health Department…
Beer said she isn’t sure if another such opportunity will be provided…
Both Tikkanen and Beer agreed – for a long-term effort to be successful, politics has to come out of it.
