Additional Coronavirus Test Sites Scheduled For Wilmington

From the City of Wilmington:

May 6, 2020

St. Francis Healthcare Partners with the City and the Wilmington COVID 19 Community Mobilization Group (C19CMG) to Keep City Residents Safe

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and City Council President Hanifa Shabazz today announced new one-day COVID-19 test sites for City residents. At the urging of the Wilmington COVID-19 Community Mobilization Group (C19MG), St. Francis Healthcare, in conjunction with the State Division of Public Health, will host and manage three health assessment and test sites over the next two weeks.

The locations, dates and times for the sites are:

• Monday, May 11 from Noon to 2 p.m. at the parking lot of Ezion Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church located at 800 North Walnut Street. This is a drive-through event.
• Tuesday, May 12 from Noon to 2 p.m. at the Frauline Trotter Park across the street from the William “Hicks” Anderson Community Center at 501 North Madison Street. This is a walk-up event.
• Wednesday, May 20 from Noon to 2 p.m. at Judy Johnson Park located on North DuPont Street and West 3rd Street. This is a walk-up event.

English and Spanish flyers promoting the new sites are attached to this news release. Please share this information with family, friends and neighbors.

The upcoming one-day sites are in addition to two other permanent COVID-19 health assessment and test sites at the Latin American Community Center’s MOB Building at 3rd and Harrison Streets on Mondays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and at the Kingswood Community Center at 2300 Bowers Street on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

In addition to health assessment and test sites, the C19CMG, which is a consortium of more than 20 community-based organizations that have come together under the leadership of the Wilmington Community Advisory Council, is working with the Mayor’s Office and City Council to purchase and distribute nearly 20,000 reusable face masks to Wilmington’s lower-income residents. The group expects the masks to be available within the next week from locally sourced mask producers after which they will be distributed to residents. Mayor Purzycki and Council President Shabazz today thanked the member agencies who are serving on the mobilization group for identifying and advocating for community needs. They include:

Wilmington Community Advisory Council
Interdenominational Ministers Action Council
Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League Network Delaware
Network Connect
Community Intervention Team Westside Grows Together
Jefferson Street Center (Washington Heights) REACH Riverside
Eastside Rising
South Wilmington Planning Network New Castle County Panhellenic Council
City of Wilmington/Wilmington City Council One Village Alliance
AIDS Delaware
Wilmington Links
Latin American Community Center New Castle County
University of Delaware/Healthy Communities Delaware
United Way of Delaware
State of Delaware – Offices of the Governor and Lt. Governor

This press release was produced by the City of Wilmington. The views expressed here are the author’s own.