Hawaii County Civil Defense has announced there will be a drive through testing today at the Queens’ Marketplace in Waikoloa, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.   Civil Defense says the testing will be by S&G Labs Hawaii.

According to its web site, S&G Labs Hawaii, LLC was founded by Lynn Welch, MD who has been practicing and treating patients on the Big Island since 2008.   She has partnered with Dr. Alan Wu, a Clinical Chemist & Toxicologist.  S&G Labs Hawaii is on Nani Kailua Drive in Kailua-Kona.

S&G Labs Hawaii is currently utilizing a real-time RNA PCR method validated under the provisions of an FDA Emergency Use Authorization.  Its website says it’s also doing antibody testing.

The COVID-19 test being used, according to the S&G Labs Hawaii web site, is the Thermo Fisher TaqPath COVID-19 Combo Kit.   Click here for the FDA EUA letter.

For the FDA fact sheet about the specific COVID-19 test being used, click here.