JACQUELINE DORMER / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Stephanie Heimbaugh, of Minersville, answers questions from Kierra Jackson, certified nursing assistant with AMI, before a mid-nasal passage swab PCR test at one of the state s pop-up COVID-19 testing sites in the parking lot at the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 in Mar Lin on Sunday morning, December 27, 2020. The AMI testing site was open to all who felt they needed a test. It was on a first-come, first-serve basis and was free to all patients.
JACQUELINE DORMER / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Pa. Dept. of Health to open more pop-up coronavirus testing locations
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine on Wednesday announced that beginning Dec. 27 regional drive-thru and indoor walk-in testing clinics will be held in Beaver, Clearfield, Juniata, Potter and Schuylkill counties.
The counties with testing sites will change each week over the next nine weeks so that 61 counties will eventually be covered by dedicated pop-up testing sites over a 12-week period, according to a press release.
From March through Dec. 22, the department has received 7,020,397 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results which roughly equates to 54.8% of the population. From May through Dec. 22, the department has received 568,270 antigen test results. The total number of tests combined, 7,588,667, roughly equates to 59.3% of the Pennsylvania population, according to the release.
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Updated: 2:11 PM EST December 23, 2020
POTTSVILLE, Pa. The state is setting up more coronavirus testing sites this weekend, including one in our area.
Beginning Sunday, December 27, regional drive-thru and indoor walk-in testing clinics will be held in Beaver, Clearfield, Juniata, Potter, and Schuylkill Counties.
Testing will be available daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. starting Sunday, December 27 through Thursday, December 31.
The Schuylkill County testing site will be Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29, 17 Maple Avenue in Pottsville.
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