Free Kosciusko Co. COVID-19 Testing Site Update And Holiday Hours
Free Kosciusko Co. COVID-19 Testing Site Update And Holiday Hours
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Free Kosciusko Co. COVID-19 Testing Site Update And Holiday HoursThe Bowen Center free COVID-19 testing site at the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds has administered 10,256 tests, averaging 194 tests per day, since it opened Oct. 15, according to a news release from the Bowen Center on Monday.
The drive-through testing site was moved from the Bowen Center Health Clinic parking lot to the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds Shrine Building at 1400 E. Smith St., Warsaw, at the end of November to accommodate the increased need and to help provide shelter for workers during the cold winter months. The site is operated by Bowen Center on behalf of the Indiana Department of Health and the Kosciusko County Health Department with assistance from the Northern Indiana Hispanic Health Coalition, Ivy Tech Community College – Warsaw, Kosciusko Community Hospital, WJ Carey Construction, the Kosciusko County Fair Board and DM Trump Construction LLC.
A new partner has been added with a commitment to provide tissues to the site by Wildman Business Group. The donation will help off-set the cost of providing tissues to each person tested at the site, the release states.
For the next two weeks, the site will continue testing with slightly revised hours.
• Thursday, Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve), 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Friday, Jan. 1 (New Year’s Day), closed.
• Saturday, Jan. 2, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Regular hours are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The tests are free and available to anyone 2 years old and up. You do not need a doctor’s referral. You do not need insurance. You do not need to reside in Kosciusko County. Technicians are bilingual Spanish/English. For more information, call 574-372-3517 or 574-372-2353.
