Shawnee Sports Complex, One Salango Way, Dunbar, was one of the most-used sites for drive-up COVID-19 testing in Kanawha County. The county health department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority held a series of free events there. Some news reports placed the complex in Institute.
Testing events at the complex in 2020
- Friday and Saturday, May 29 and 30: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Friday, July 10: 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. WCHS-TV reported that 628 people were tested.
- Friday, August 21: 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. See Drive-up COVID-19 at Shawnee Sports Complex.
- Friday, September 25: WCHS-TV reported that 415 people were tested and more than 100 people got a flu shot.
- Thanksgiving week: a Monday testing and flu shot event, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., as part of Operation Drumstick.
In the summer of 2020, anyone could get a test at these events, including people with no symptoms. People could call the health department hotline at 304-348-1088 to make an appointment, and the health department said drive-ups were not turned away.
In 2021 the complex was also the site of the first combined testing and vaccine clinic. See Drive-Through Testing and Vaccination Clinic. The complex also hosted a drive-through health fair in November 2021.
See also the first drive-up COVID-19 event at Shawnee Sports Complex and the free COVID-19 testing event in May 2020.
This information is from 2020. It is kept here as a record and is not current advice. Check current COVID-19 guidance from the CDC or your doctor.
Sources
- WCHS-TV: Two more COVID-19 testing events scheduled for Kanawha County (June 18, 2020)
- WCHS-TV: More than 500 tested for COVID-19 Wednesday at Schoenbaum Center; testing events added (July 2, 2020)
- WCHS-TV: More than 600 tested at Kanawha drive-thru site Friday (July 11, 2020)
- WCHS-TV: Kanawha County adds 37 COVID-19 cases, announces more testing dates (September 25, 2020)