New Hours Offered For COVID-19 Testing At Mahaffey Theater Site, Clearwater

Press release from the Pinellas County Government:

Sept. 14, 2020

Beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 16, COVID-19 testing will be available from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays at the County’s drive-up testing site outside of the Duke Energy for the Arts Mahaffey Theater, 400 1st St. S., St. Petersburg.

Antibody testing will be available from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. The antibody test is done by blood draw and checks to see whether a person has developed the antibodies to fight COVID-19. A positive test is not conclusive for a prior COVID-19 infection, as it can pick up antibodies from another coronavirus. It is important to note that even if a person has had COVID-19, there is no conclusive evidence at this time that he or she cannot become infected again.

No referral or pre-registration is required to receive the antibody test, but individuals planning to get the test are asked to complete, print, and bring this form with them to the testing site: English form. Spanish form.

The Mahaffey Theater testing site is state-supported in collaboration with Pinellas County, the Florida Department of Health, Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County, the City of St. Petersburg and community partners.

This press release was produced by the Pinellas County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.