The parking lot of the former Kmart store on MacCorkle Avenue in Kanawha City, Charleston, was a site for drive-up and outdoor health events in 2020 and 2021.
Events held here
- Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.: free COVID-19 testing with flu shots, HIV testing and naloxone training. The county health department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority tested 461 people for COVID-19. A total of 100 people got a flu shot, 7 people got an HIV test and 8 people learned how to give naloxone.
- Tuesday, May 11, 2021, noon to 5 p.m.: free HIV testing with linkage to care, part of the outreach during the county HIV outbreak. See expanded HIV testing opportunities continue.
- July 2021: HIV testing in Kanawha City, noon to 5 p.m.
See also the old Kmart parking lot page and all event locations and the calendar location list.
Sources
- WSAZ: Polling location closed due to worker testing positive for COVID-19 (October 26, 2020)
- WSAZ: More than 450 tested for COVID-19 during drive-up event in Kanawha County (October 28, 2020)
- WV MetroNews: Kanawha HIV task force meets as testing events expand during outbreak (May 10, 2021)