Metro Health to Relocate Palo Alto College Testing Site on January 31

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Rudy Arispe: (210) 207-8172
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SAN ANTONIO (January 26, 2021) - Metro Health will relocate its COVID-19 mass testing site at Palo Alto College to Divine Providence Catholic Church, 5667 Old Pearsall Road, 78242, that will open at 8 a.m. Monday, January 31. Testing at Palo Alto will be offered until 6 p.m. Friday, January 28.

The Divine Providence Catholic Church testing site will be operated by the nonprofit organization, Community Labs, which was contracted by the City of San Antonio to operate the test site. Hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday. No appointment required.

The community has other options to get tested for COVID-19, including the City of San Antonio's federal drive-through testing site in Lot C of the Alamodome. It is open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. through February 4. Appointments are required. To make an appointment, visit https://www.doineedacovid19test.com/SanAntonio_TX_14602.html or call 1-800-635-8611.

The City of San Antonio also has five other mass testing sites in partnership with Community Labs. Although appointments are not required, they are encouraged by pre-registering at CLTEST.ORG. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday at the following locations:

• Alamo Colleges District Support Operations Building, 2222 N. Alamo St. 78215
• St. Philip's College, 1801 Martin Luther King Drive 78203
• Yates Community Center, 568 Rasa Drive 78227
• Melendrez Community Center, 5919 W. Commerce St. 78237
• Copernicus Community Center, 5003 Lord Road 78220

Additionally, the City of San Antonio operates 20 COVID-19 testing sites through our partner, Curative. Appointments are required for these sites. To make an appointment, visit covid19.sanantonio.gov or call 311 and select option 8.

Metro Health reminds people they can order four, free COVID-19 at-home test kits from the federal government at https://www.covidtests.gov/