On Thursday, October 15, 2020, free drive-up COVID-19 testing took place in Clendenin, in Kanawha County. The site was the Old Smith’s parking lot at 106 Beech Street. Testing ran from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and flu shots were also offered.
The state listed the Clendenin event in its daily COVID-19 update for October 15, 2020. In the fall of 2020 the county health department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority often paired drive-up testing with flu shots. At a drive-up event in Kanawha City on October 28, 2020, for example, 461 people were tested and 100 people got flu shots.
See more than 18,000 COVID-19 tests given at drive-up events, drive-up COVID-19 testing at the health department and the events list.
This information is from October 2020. It is kept here as a record and is not current advice. Check current guidance from the CDC or your doctor.
Sources
- West Virginia DHHR: COVID-19 Daily Update 10-15-2020 (October 15, 2020)
- WSAZ: More than 450 tested for COVID-19 during drive-up event in Kanawha County (October 28, 2020)