CHICAGO, Ill. – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says a company that had been operating pop-up COVID-19 testing sites around the country won’t reopen here any time soon.
Raoul says the Center for COVID Control, based in the Chicago suburb of Rolling Meadows, has agreed to postpone re-opening any pop-up testing sites in the state,”for the foreseeable future.”
“Although the company voluntarily suspended operations, my office contacted company officials to demand that the Center for COVID Control immediately stop engaging in any fraudulent or deceptive conduct, particularly with respect to the delivery of testing results or billing,” said Raoul, in a statement. “In addition to evaluating residents’ complaints, attorneys from my Consumer Fraud Division interviewed former employees of the Center for COVID Control.”
The company and others like it had raised the ire of Raoul and Governor JB Pritzker in recent weeks, with Pritzker claiming some test collectors have either not provided any results, or have taken a long time to get them.
“As previously announced, CCC is using this operational pause to train additional staff on sample collection and handling, customer service and communications best practices, as well as compliance with regulatory guidelines,” said the Center for COVID Control, in a statement.
The state says pop-up sites are largely not regulated, so they recommend using a state-sponsored site, like at the Peoria Civic Center, instead.
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