​Coronavirus Testing To Take Place At 15 Oakland County Churches

OAKLAND COUNTY, MI — The county has partnered with two local health care systems and faith-based communities to offer free drive-thru coronavirus testing at 14 locations beginning Monday.

Oakland County Executive David Coulter announced the partnership this week and said the testing will involve 15 churches in Pontiac and Southfield and be conducted by McLaren Oakland in Pontiac and Ascension Providence Hospital-Southfield Campus in partnership with the Oakland County Health Division.

The testing will be offered at 14 locations representing the churches in Pontiac and Southfield. Two of the churches offer testing at one location.

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“The impact of COVID-19 on our communities of color has shined a bright light on long-standing racial disparities in access to health care,” Coulter said. “It is unacceptable, and we are responding by taking testing directly to at-risk individuals which will give us the ability to track and mitigate a re-emergence of the virus.”

The testing partnership provides free drive-thru testing at the locations beginning Monday through July 2. Preregistration is required at www.oakgov.com/covid/testing. Results are expected in 48-72 hours.

“I am grateful for the leadership of these pastors who are helping us get the word out about the importance of testing,” Coulter said. “It is vital that health care is available and accessible to all residents throughout Oakland County. I am grateful to Ascension and McLaren for their support.”

The dates, times and locations for the faith-based testing are:

PONTIAC LOCATIONS
• Monday, June 22 8 a.m. - noon
New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church
174 Branch St.
• Monday, June 22 1 - 4 p.m.
New Birth International Church
124 W. Columbia Ave.
• Tuesday, June 23 8 a.m. - noon
Shiloh Baptist Church
474 University Drive
• Tuesday, June 23 1- 4 p.m.
Prospect Missionary Baptist Church and
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church
351 Prospect St.
• Wednesday, June 24 1- 4 p.m.
Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church
404 Cesar Chavez
• Wednesday, June 24 8 a.m.- noon
Welcome Missionary Baptist Church
143 Oneida St.
• Thursday, June 25 8 a.m. - noon
New Mount Moriah International
Missionary Baptist Church
313 E Walton Blvd.
• Thursday, June 25 1 - 4 p.m.
Trinity Missionary Baptist Church
113-123 Wessen St.

SOUTHFIELD LOCATIONS
• Friday, June 26 8 a.m. - noon
Hope United Methodist
26275 Northwestern Highway
• Friday, June 26 • 1 - 4 p.m.
First Baptist Church of Detroit
21200 Southfield Road
• Monday, June 29 • 1 - 4 p.m.
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
23455 W. 9 Mile Road
• Tuesday, June 30 • 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Triumph Church - North Campus
15600 J.L. Hudson Drive
• Wednesday, July 1 • 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Christian Tabernacle
26555 Franklin Road
• Thursday, July 2 • 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Empowerment Church
24300 Southfield Road