The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium’s Haines Health Center received a COVID-19 rapid test machine this week that will enable clinic staff to offer same-day, in-house COVID-19 test results.

The machine came with 45 test kits, Haines Health Center medical director Lylith Widmer said.

“At this moment, because we have limited rapid testing capacity, our criteria for rapid testing is limited,” Widmer said. “Some examples include residents of Haines Assisted Living who meet criteria for…