The University of Illinois created what Illinois State Senator Chapin Rose calls a Shield Test, which is a COVID-19 test that comes back within 4 hours. Because of that Shield Test Senator Rose says that the positivity rate around Champaign County has dropped to right around 2%. 

Senator Rose went on to say that Governor Pritzker has had the authority since May to take the Shield Test and offer it across all over Illinois.
 

The entire state of Illinois could be down to a 3% COVID-19 positivity rate within 3 weeks with this test, according to Senator Rose.
 

The University wouldn’t be able to offer the Shield Test, according to Senator Rose, outside of Illinois.    

Illinois State Senator Chapin Rose was a guest on the NEWSTALK WTIM Morning Show.