The Caldwell County Health Department will hold Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing on Wednesday, June 3, from 9 a.m.-noon at 2345 Morganton Boulevard in Lenoir. Testing is free and will be available on a first come first served basis. People who wish to be tested should download and complete the testing form found at www.caldwellcountync.org/coronavirus-covid-19/testing and bring a valid photo ID.
Testing is recommended for:
· Anyone with symptoms of COVID-19
· Close contacts of known positive cases, regardless of symptoms
· People who live in or have regular contact with high-risk settings (e.g., long-term care facility, homeless shelter, correctional facility, migrant farmworker camp)
· People who are at high risk of severe illness (e.g., people over 65 years of age, people of any age with underlying health conditions)
· Minority populations
· Healthcare workers or first responders (e.g. EMS, law enforcement, fire department, military)
· Frontline and essential workers (grocery store clerks, gas station attendants, etc.) in settings where social distancing is difficult to maintain
More drive-thru testing dates, times, and sites will be announced soon.