DeKalb County Board Of Health To Deploy 5th Community COVID-19 Testing Team

Press release from the DeKalb County Board of Health:

June 8, 2020

DECATUR, Ga. – As a part of addressing health disparities and high numbers of COVID-19 cases in identified DeKalb County ZIP Codes, the DeKalb County Board will deploy an additional community testing team.

On June 10, the additional team will be stationed at the following location from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday:

• Salem Bible Church 5460 Hillandale Dr., Stonecrest, Ga. 30058

Three other teams, are stationed at the following locations from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday:

• Beulah Missionary Baptist Church 2340 Clifton Springs Rd., Decatur, Ga. 30034

• Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church 1879 Glenwood Ave. SE, Atlanta, Ga. 30316

• Rehoboth Baptist Church 2997 Lawrenceville Hwy., Tucker, Ga. 30084

COVID-19 testing also continues at the Board of Health’s Kingswood Church location at 4896 N. Peachtree Rd. in Dunwoody. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. until noon.

COVID-19 testing is free and open to all individuals who wish to be tested. However, registration is required. To register online for any DeKalb County location, visit dekalbhealth.net, or call the DeKalb County Board of Health’s COVID-19 Call Center at (404) 294-3700, Option 1. New call center hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. For more resources and information about COVID-19, visit the DeKalb County Board of Health’s COVID-19 website at dekalbhealth.net/covid-19.

This press release was produced by the DeKalb County Board of Health. The views expressed here are the author’s own.