Beverly To Host Coronavirus Testing Clinics For All MA Residents

BEVERLY, MA —Beverly will host coronavirus testing clinics twice a week through the month of December amid a rise in cases throughout the state.

Testing will be held indoors at the Council on Aging on Wednesdays and outdoors in the rear parking lot on Sundays. Cataldo Ambulance Service is working with the city to provide testing open to all Massachusetts residents.

The indoor testing will be on Wednesdays beginning on Dec. 1 from 4 to 8 p.m. through Dec. 29.

The outdoor testing will be on Sundays beginning on Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Testing will run through Dec. 19 and will not be held the day after Christmas.

Those looking to be tested are asked to pre-register for a time slot here.

More information on coronavirus prevention can be found by calling 2-1-1 from a landline or cell phone in Massachusetts 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Operators fluent in Spanish are available with more than 150 other languages supported through an interpreter services line.

Those looking for information can also text ?COVIDMA" to 888-777 for updates from the commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)