SSgt Poitra COVID-19 testing
Staff Sgt. Misty Poitra, of the 119th Medical Group, gathers information from a voluntary COVID-19 testing participant from the community as she prepares to take a sample swab in the parking lot of the FargoDome, Fargo, N.D., April 25, 2020. The voluntary community testing participants are driving through the parking lot during the process as they get tested. The Air National Guard member is wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) to stay safe while she works and helps prevent the spread of the Coronavirus while testing people as they drive through the process in their vehicles. She is one of the N.D. National Guard members who are partnering with the N.D. Department of Health and other civilian agencies in support of the whole community response to the COVID-19 pandemic. They are working to help their neighbors in the communities where they also live and work. Approximately 1000 people were tested in the seven-hour testing event April 25. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David H. Lipp)