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Cancer screenings plummeted during height of COVID-19
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District program manager Sophie Xie works at her desk inside the Hall County Health Department Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Medical professionals in the cancer field are concerned about a drop in screenings due to COVID-19, because people are nervous about being at medical facilities during the outbreak. - photo by Scott Rogers
During the height of the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders, there were only three lung cancer screenings across three Northeast Georgia Health System hospitals that are accustomed to running 70-80 tests per month.