COVID-19 TESTING AVAILABLE IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NEXT WEEK

More COVID-19 testing will be available in Southwest Virginia next week. Stone Mountain Health Services will be at the Thompson Family Health Center in Vansant next Tuesday, August 18, from 9 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Then on Wednesday, August 19, they will be at the Holston Family Health Center, in Damascus, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Appointments are required and if you are interested in being tested you can call 276-299-1659. Tests will be administered on a first-come, first-serve basis. Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems will be offering tests next week as well. They will be at their administration building in Meadowview on Monday, August 17 through Thursday, August 20 from 3 to 5 p.m. SVCH will also be at the Saltville Medical Center on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. Tests will be administered at the Twin City Medical Center in Bristol on Tuesday and Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. Then on Tuesday and Thursday the Tazewell Community Health Center will have testing available from 3 to 5 p.m. Test results will be available in three to five days. Insurance information will be collected and billed, but financial assistance is available for patients without insurance. If someone wants to schedule an appointment with Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, they need to call 276-496-4492. 

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