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Lewis County Health System to Open COVID-19 Testing
Site August 25
Published: August 23, 2021
at 01:00 p.m.
By: Press Release from Lewis County Health System
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
August 23, 2021
LCHS To Open Covid-19
Testing Site Wednesday, August 25
LOWVILLE,
NY─ Lewis County Health System, in partnership with Lewis County and
Lewis County Public Health, will resume no-cost Covid-19 drive-thru Covid PCR
testing only for individuals who reside, attend school, or work in
Lewis County beginning, Wednesday, August 25, 2021. The site will be open for testing
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m at Maple Ridge Center, 7421 East Road, in Lowville. No appointments are necessary and there
is no rapid testing.
Individuals must
live, attend school, or work in Lewis County to be eligible for testing and
show proof of residency, school or employment (driver’s
license, school ID, work badge or paycheck stub). For children a parent ID is acceptable.
All individuals
requesting screening testing be asked to provide their name, date of birth,
physical address, email address, and phone number to allow for contact
tracing and result follow-up. Samples
will be sent to an off-site lab with results available in approximately two
days. Results will be available directly to tested individuals through the BioReference Laboratories patient portal. There is no
cost or age limit for testing.
School students, school employees, and family members are encouraged
to use this program for screening tests before school events to decrease
exposure risk in our schools.
Symptomatic
patients should contact their physician for guidance with testing and
treatment or seek Emergency care if they are experiencing any severe or
distressing symptoms.
We continue to
try to work together as a community to have our county prevail over the
effects of the Covid pandemic. We appreciate your cooperation with the new
restricted access to this testing as well as the Lewis County based funding
source that makes this no cost testing program possible.
Members of the
community can visit https://www.lcgh.net/coronavirus
for updates and additional COVID-19 pandemic information and
resources. The testing site will be
closed on Monday, September 6, for the Labor Day holiday.
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