Oakland

Drive-Through COVID-19 Testing Site to Open in East Oakland

Testing will be available to all community members by appointment at no charge, regardless of insurance or immigration status.

NBCUniversal, Inc. Workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) perform drive-up COVID-19 testing administered from a car at Mend Urgent Care testing site for the novel coronavirus at the Westfield Culver City on April 24, 2020 in the Culver City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. A nasopharyngeal swab test kit is utilized at this COVID-19 testing center to determine the viral load and virus count of a patient. Los Angeles County ‘safer at home’ orders remain in effect through May 15 to stop the spread of coronavirus during the worldwide pandemic.

A new COVID-19 testing site is set to open Monday in East Oakland at Allen Temple Baptist Church.

The first drive-through testing location in East Oakland, the site is the result of a partnership between the city, Allen Temple, Community Organized Relief Effort and Verily, an Alphabet company, providing the Baseline COVID-19 Program platform to manage appointments.

Testing will be available to all community members by appointment at no charge, regardless of insurance or immigration status, according to a release from city officials.

A press conference to open the site is set for 10 a.m. Monday at the church, 8501 International Blvd. Another East Oakland site opened earlier this month for walk-up testing, by appointment, at Roots Community Health Center, 9925 International Blvd.

Information about registering for testing is available at https://www.oaklandca.gov/services/covid-19-testing.

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