San Antonio: Alamo Colleges District Office And Wonderland Mall COVID-19 Testing Sites To Close Next Friday

San Antonio TX

23 April, 2022

5:49 PM

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Press release from the City of San Antonio: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 CONTACT: Cleo Garcia 210-722-7944 [email protected] Mary Ullmann Japhet Community Labs 210-414-9030 [email protected] SAN ANTONIO (April 19, 2022) - The City of San Antonio will close the COVID-19 testing site at Alamo Colleges District Office on North Alamo, which was operated by Community Labs. Community Labs also announced the closure of the Bexar County testing site at the Wonderland Mall of the Americas because of a decline in testing numbers. The last day of operations for both locations is Friday, April 29 at 6 p.m. "Although the demand for COVID-19 tests has declined, we still encourage the public to test before large gatherings and travel, as well as three to five days after an exposure, and of course if you are having symptoms," said San Antonio Metro Health District Assistant Director Dr. Anita K. Kurian. "If you didn't already order your eight free home tests from the federal government, please do so now." Additionally, people with commercial health insurance, Medicare and Medicaid can order up to eight home tests each month, as long as the public health emergency lasts, by contacting their insurer. The public can order no cost at-home COVID-19 tests for your residential household through the United States Postal Service at https://www.covid.gov/tests. The tests available for order are rapid antigen at-home tests (not PCR), can be taken anywhere, give results within 30 minutes, and work whether you have COVID-19 symptoms or not. People who have difficulty accessing the internet can call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489) to get help in English, Spanish, and more than 150 other languages, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week. A Disability Information and Access Line (DIAL) is available to specifically help people with disabilities place orders—call 1-888-677-1199, Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., or email [email protected]. For a complete list of COVID-19 test sites or a list of vaccine pop-up clinics, visit covid19.sanantonio.gov or call 311 and select option 8. This press release was produced by the City of San Antonio. The views expressed here are the author's own.