City Of Long Beach:City To Begin Offering New COVID-19 Testing Clinics At Long Beach Civic Center

Long Beach CA

29 January, 2022

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Press release from the City of Long Beach: 1/28/2022 ​ ▼ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPress Release # 12822-2 Subject: City to Begin Offering New COVID-19 Testing Clinics at Long Beach Civic Center Contact: Long Beach, CA – In an effort to meet the continued demand for accessible testing amid the Omicron variant surge, beginning the week of Monday, Jan. 31, the City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) will open two new weekly non-appointment COVID-19 testing clinics at the Long Beach Civic Center and Long Beach City College, Pacific Coast Campus (PCC). "The new Civic Center testing location will provide more accessible testing opportunities for our downtown residents and businesses," said Mayor Robert Garcia. "By expanding testing opportunities while continuing to offer vaccines nearly every day, we can defeat the Omicron surge." Walk-up clinics at the Civic Center will be offered weekdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. PCC will offer walk-up clinics Tuesdays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. These testing clinics are available for those who are symptomatic or asymptomatic seeking to be tested and will be offered in addition to the testing clinics already offered by the Health Department. "The Health Department has conducted about 850,000 COVID-19 tests since the start of the pandemic and nearly 10,000 in one day," said Health Department Director Kelly Colopy. "We remain committed to making sure everyone who needs a test in Long Beach can get one." Beginning Jan. 31, the weekly COVID-19 testing schedule will be as follows: Civic Center (411 W. Ocean Blvd.) Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Walk-up only Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Walk-up only PCC (Parking Lot 1, corner of Orange Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway) Tuesdays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Walk-up only Tuesdays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Walk-up only Former Boeing Parking Lot (3590 E. Wardlow Rd.) Mondays through Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 to 5 p.m. Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Drive-thru option available for PCR test with an appointment Mondays through Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 to 5 p.m. Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Drive-thru option available for PCR test with an appointment Doris Topsy-Elvord Community Center at Houghton Park (6301 Myrtle Ave.) Mondays through Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 to 5 p.m. Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays through Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 to 5 p.m. Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Long Beach City College, Veterans Stadium (5000 E. Lew Davis St.) Mondays through Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 to 5 p.m.* Note this clinic will close at 5 p.m. beginning Jan. 31 instead of 6 p.m. Drive-thru option available for PCR test with an appointment Mondays through Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 to 5 p.m.* Note this clinic will close at 5 p.m. beginning Jan. 31 instead of 6 p.m. Note this clinic will close at 5 p.m. beginning Jan. 31 instead of 6 p.m. Drive-thru option available for PCR test with an appointment Cabrillo High School (2001 Santa Fe Ave.) Saturdays and Sundays from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 to 5 p.m. Drive-thru option available for PCR test with an appointment Saturdays and Sundays from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 to 5 p.m. Drive-thru option available for PCR test with an appointment K-12 Student, Faculty and Staff Testing Clinic at Cabrillo High School, in partnership with LBUSD (2001 Santa Fe Ave.) Mondays through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Available only for Long Beach students up through grade 12, faculty and staff serving these students who are symptomatic or who require a negative test to return to school following a COVID-19 infection or post-quarantine. Mondays through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Available only for Long Beach students up through grade 12, faculty and staff serving these students who are symptomatic or who require a negative test to return to school following a COVID-19 infection or post-quarantine. Available only for Long Beach students up through grade 12, faculty and staff serving these students who are symptomatic or who require a negative test to return to school following a COVID-19 infection or post-quarantine. Testing clinics will also be offered at CSULB (Long Beach State) on: Monday, Jan. 31, Feb. 7, Feb. 14, and Feb. 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, Feb. 9, Feb. 16, and Feb. 23 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Individuals looking to receive a PCR test are encouraged to make an appointment and arrive according to their scheduled date and time. To schedule an appointment, visit longbeach.gov/covid19testing or call 562.570.4636. Rapid antigen tests are available upon request only. The Health Department continues to urge everyone to get fully vaccinated and boosted if eligible. Vaccines are safe and effective in preventing COVID-19 cases, as well as preventing hospitalization, serious illness or death among breakthrough cases of the virus. From Sept. 1, 2021, through Jan. 24, 2022, 94% of hospitalizations and 97% of COVID-19 related deaths were among those who were unvaccinated or not up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccinations. To view the vaccine clinic schedule and to schedule an appointment, visit longbeach.gov/vaxLB or call 562.570.4636. For the latest information on COVID-19, with details on all that the City of Long Beach is doing to keep our residents safe, visit longbeach.gov/COVID19 and follow @LongBeachCity and @LBHealthDept on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. People may also visit longbeach.gov/COVID19data for up-to-date information regarding cases and vaccines in Long Beach. This press release was produced by the City of Long Beach. 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