Health & Fitness
Six Flags America Coronavirus Testing Site Now Open Twice A Week
The state is expanding its coronavirus testing site at Six Flags America in Prince George's County to offer COVID-19 tests two days a week.
BOWIE, MD – The state is expanding its coronavirus testing site at Six Flags America in Prince George's County to offer COVID-19 tests two days a week, Governor Larry Hogan announced Monday.
Health officials will offer testing on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro. Tests are free and patients do not need an appointment or doctor's order.
Resident do not need to show symptoms or have had exposure in order to get tested at this site.
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"As part of our long-term COVID-19 testing strategy, we are continuing to increase access to testing from one end of our state to the other," said Governor Hogan in a prepared statement.
Maryland currently has 100 testing sites across the state, including with private partners such as CVS, Rite. Aid and Walmart.
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The following state-operated testing sites will be open this week by appointment:
- Belair VEIP, Harford
- Carroll County Agricultural Center, Carroll
- Clinton VEIP, Prince George's
- Columbia VEIP, Howard
- Glen Burnie VEIP, Anne Arundel
- Hagerstown VEIP, Washington
- Owings Mills VEIP, Baltimore
- Prince Frederick VEIP, Calvert
- Prince George's County Health Department, Cheverly Office
- Waldorf VEIP, Charles
- White Oak VEIP, Montgomery
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