mullins. >> the community felt like they were out of the loop from testing. >> reporter: a coalition of community groups like community awareness resources entity, care, thought for the opening of the covid-19 testing center. >> the symptoms, place the call. >> reporter: he said it was desperately needed near public housing projects were physical distancing is nearly impossible. >> you have a house that has a two-bedroom, but there are nine people living there. >> reporter: many neighbors refuse to travel across town to test for the virus. >> there like i don't have it i will get it and in the process of finding out if i have it or not. >> reporter: once the testing site opened, the jeep wilson ju >> everybody should go get that testing done. >> it is very convenient to have it here and a lot of people don't have cars. >> reporter: up to 50 people a day walking for free testing with next-day results. >> i do see a lot of the community really taking advantage of it. entire families coming in. >> reporter: access to testing was not the only problem. people became more isolated when sev