FedEx Coronavirus Test Site Closes; Testing Switches To Cheverly

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — The COVID-19 testing and screening site the Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland National Guard opened March 30 at FedEx Field closed up shop on Wednesday. COVID-19 testing is switching to a new location elsewhere in Prince George's County.

County Executive Angela Alsobrooks announced in an email Friday to Prince Georgians that testing will begin Monday, May 4, at Prince George’s County Health Department’s Cheverly Clinic (3003 Hospital Drive, Cheverly, MD 20785).

Open five days a week, the new testing site will allow county health officials to expand testing capacity without worrying about weather conditions, which was a problem at FedEx Field. In addition, the Health Department is looking to expand testing at other sites around the county.

Just like the testing site at FedEx Field, Prince George's County residents must schedule an appointment before visiting the Cheverly Clinic. Appointments can be made by calling the hotline at 301-883-6627.

"Over the last two months we have seen unprecedented changes in our lives and the world," Alsobrooks said, in the email. "Your County Government has acted proactively to anticipate the impact of COVID-19 and to do our level best to protect our residents. These actions include increasing hospital capacity to meet the expected surge of patients, ordering the use of face coverings to slow the spread of the virus, putting in place measures to protect our frontline employees, and providing critical financial assistance to businesses and workers."

The Maryland Department of Health confirmed Friday 692 new cases of COVID-19, the illness associated with the new coronavirus, in Prince George's County. That's more than double the 305 new cases reported on Thursday. The overall total number of positive cases in the county is 6,735.

In addition, two more people have died due to COVID-19, bringing the overall total of deaths in the county attributed to the disease to 232.

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