Operation Drumstick was a series of COVID-19 testing and flu shot events in Kanawha County in November 2020, in the days before Thanksgiving. The county health department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority ran it. The goal was to let residents get a test before Thanksgiving.
WCHS Radio reported this schedule:
- Monday: Shawnee Sports Complex, Dunbar, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Tuesday: Quincy Center, Belle, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Wednesday: the health department, Lee Street, Charleston, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Thursday: Schoenbaum Family Enrichment Center, Charleston, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
When the events ended on Thursday afternoon, the two agencies had given about 2,500 COVID-19 tests. The county health officer urged families to keep their Thanksgiving gatherings small. The health officer noted that, for the first time in the pandemic, cases were already rising before a holiday. The health officer said drive-thru testing events would return the week after Thanksgiving.
See Operation Drumstick, the Operation Drumstick event schedule and the Thanksgiving Day holiday.
This information is from November 2020. It is kept here as a record and is not current advice.
Sources
- WCHS Radio: report on the Thanksgiving-week testing and flu shot events (November 2020; the article is no longer online)
- WCHS Radio: report on about 2,500 COVID-19 tests given during Operation Drumstick (November 2020; the article is no longer online)