In 2020, the Shawnee Sports Complex at One Salango Way in Dunbar was one of the most used drive-up COVID-19 testing sites in Kanawha County. The county health department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority held a series of free testing events there.
Testing events at the complex in 2020
- Friday and Saturday, May 29 and 30, 2020, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.: free testing through the state’s testing program for minorities and other vulnerable groups, open to all residents, including people without symptoms.
- Friday, July 10, 2020, 2 to 7 p.m.: 628 people were tested.
- Friday, August 21, 2020, 1 to 8 p.m.: see Drive-up COVID-19 at Shawnee Sports Complex.
- Friday, September 25, 2020: 415 people were tested, and more than 100 people also got a flu shot.
The complex was also a stop for Operation Drumstick before Thanksgiving 2020. In April 2021, it hosted the first combined testing and vaccine clinic; see Drive-Through Testing and Vaccination Clinic. See also Drive-up COVID-19 at Shawnee Sports Complex and all event locations.
This information is from 2020. It is kept here as a record and is not current advice.