Pop-up COVID testing returns to Hamden
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Hamden Board of Education administrative offices at 60 Putnam Ave.Clare Dignan / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Connecticut National Guard Sgt. Collin Paternoster administers free Covid-19 tests at the new Fair Haven Community Health Center testing site at 293 East Street in New Haven, Conn. on Thursday, December 3, 2020.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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HAMDEN Hamden will again offer walk-in COVID-19 testing, as it did over the summer, according to Mayor Curt Leng’s office.
A partnership between the town, the Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center and the Quinnipiack Valley Health District made the testing available, the statement from Leng’s office says.
Dec. 21, 2020
Mayor Curt Balzano Leng is pleased to announce that the partnership between the Town of Hamden, Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center (CSHHC), Hamden Public Schools, and Quinnipiack Valley Health District will offer indoor COVID-19 testing at the Hamden Board of Education Building at 60 Putnam Avenue.
Testing will take place in the gymnasium 8:30am to 4:30pm on Tuesday, 12/22 and Tuesday, 12/29, and every Tuesday and Thursday beginning on Tuesday, January 5. This new testing program follows a series testing events over the summer at Hamden High School and the Keefe Community Center.
Testing is free of charge and is made possible through funding from the State of Connecticut Department of Social Services. Services are offered on a first come/first serve basis; no appointment or physician order is required. Testing will be available to all members of the community age 3 months and older, including people who do not have symptoms of COVID-19. No appointment or physician ord