United Medical Doctors Urgent Care now offering COVID-19 antibody testing

Dr. James Rhee
Dr. James Rhee is the medical director for United Medical Doctors Urgent Care with two locations in Temecula and Murrieta. The practice has begun antibody testing for the coronavirus that can produce results within a day or so. Valley News/Courtesy photo
United Medical Doctors Urgent Care in Temecula began conducting COVID-19 antibody testing Thursday, April 16, using test kits purchased from a leading development company in South Korea.“They have actually deployed it in (South) Korea, it is by a company called SD Biosensor, and this is one of the tests that’s being widely deployed out there,” Dr. James Rhee, medical director for United Medical Doctors Urgent Care, said. “When you look at South Korea, they started experiencing coronavirus cases at the exact same time the United States did. But when you look at Korea versus the United States, they have taken very different approaches to the disease and have different outcomes in terms of where the disease is right now.”According to an information sheet provided to the Vall
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