Cole, Osage counties get community COVID-19 testing

October 20, 2020 at 5:05 a.m. | Updated October 20, 2020 at 7:41 p.m.

Sgt. Cameron Lincks administers a COVID-19 test on an individual as they remain seated in their vehicle. Lincks is with the 138th Infantry in Kansas City and is one of the two dozen or so members of the Missouri National Guard who are in Jefferson City to perform 1,500 COVID tests over a three-day period. The tests are free of charge, but registration is required.
Sgt. Cameron Lincks administers a COVID-19 test on an individual as they remain seated in their vehicle. Lincks is with the 138th Infantry in Kansas City and is one of the two dozen or so members of the Missouri National Guard who are in Jefferson City to perform 1,500 COVID tests over a three-day period. The tests are free of charge, but registration is required.

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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services will hold two COVID-19 community testing event in Mid-Missouri next week.

A Jefferson City testing event is scheduled from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 27 at First Assembly of God church, 1900 Route C.

Another testing event in Osage County is scheduled from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Osage County Fairgrounds in Linn.

The free testing is available to any Missouri resident and does not require a doctor's referral.

Go to the testing registration page at dcphdo02redcap.azurewebsites.net/redcap/surveys/?s=XTLH7FCLD7 to register.

DHSS is partnering with the Missouri National Guard and local health departments to offer the events, according to the DHSS website.

The test is done by nasal swabs to determine if there is an active infection. This is not an antibody test.

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