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Free virus tests offered in Atchison

By Brian Hagen

12/17/2020

(KAIR)--Free drive-through COVID-19 testing begins in Atchison.

According to a news release from Atchison County Emergency Management Director Wes Lanter, the testing site, located in the parking lot of the Atchison Event Center, located at 710 South 9th Street, will open Friday, December 18. Testing will be available, Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and is scheduled to be offered through December 31. The drive-through testing site will be closed Sundays, as well as Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

The State of Kansas has partnered with GoGetTested.com to bring, what the release calls “fast, easy accurate COVID-19 testing to all Kansans.”

Appointments can be scheduled gogettested.com/Kansas, or simply line-up at the site.

According to the release, the offered test is the saliva PCR test and will be sent out for results, that usually take 48-96 hours.

The City of Atchison will be placing cones and barricades to assist with traffic flow to and away from the Atchison Event Center.

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