Updated: 9:49 AM EST January 20, 2021
GETTYSBURG, Pa. The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced that, beginning today, regional drive-through and indoor walk-in testing clinics will be held in five counties, including one in Gettysburg, Adams County.
The counties with testing sites will change weekly over the next six weeks, so that 61 counties will eventually be covered by pop-up testing sites over a 12-week period, Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said in a press release.
Testing sites are also opening in Carbon, McKean, Snyder, and Washington counties, Levine said.
“Over the past several weeks, we have seen a rapid increase of positive case counts reaching record-high levels, which gives us significant cause for concern,” Levine said. “In fact, every county now has a positivity-rate greater than five percent, which is alarming. In addition, 14 counties have percent positivity above 20 percent.”
no appt needed first come, first serve
The department extended and expanded its initial contract with AMI to perform pop-up testing in counties across the state. The initial AMI testing and the extension were funded by the federal ELC Enhancing Detection grant.
Director of Testing and Contact Tracing, Michael Huff, added that testing is going well at these sites.
“With the capacity to test up to 450 people per day, these sites are getting thousands of people tested during the course of the days-long site set-ups,” Huff said. “Testing is more important than ever in Pennsylvania and we will continue with a robust testing plan to keep Pennsylvanians safe and identify cases of COVID-19.”
Updated: 4:55 PM EST Jan 15, 2021 The Pennsylvania Department of Health will host a free drive-thru COVID-19 testing clinic next week in Adams County.The site will be located at the Adams County Emergency Services Department at 230 Greenamyer Lane in Gettysburg.The location will be open Wednesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.Testing is on a first-come, first-served basis and no appointment is necessary.People do not need to be showing coronavirus symptoms.Patients are encouraged to bring a photo ID or insurance card.Up to 450 people can be tested each day. Results are available in two to seven days.