Boone Hospital Center opened a coronavirus drive-thru testing center Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Hospital staff swabbed patients’ noses for collecting and testing from inside the patients’ cars. Patients need to have an appointment with a doctor first before going to the drive-thru, bringing the same documents and forms that they presented before. Doctors and nurses were using the amount of protection necessary, and after testing a patient, they would change their gloves and sanitize their hands. Tests were occurring from noon to 7 p.m., right next to the emergency entrance.