Health & Fitness
New COVID-19 Testing Site Coming To Spanaway
The drive-thru testing site will be open Tuesday through Saturday. Like other sites, no appointment is necessary.
SPANAWAY, WA — A new COVID-19 testing site is opening this week in Pierce County.
Starting Tuesday, Jan. 11, the county will begin hosting a drive-thru testing site at Spanaway Park, located at 14905 Breseman Blvd. S.
The temporary site will be open Tuesday through Saturday each week, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. As with other county-run testing sites, no appointment is necessary and results should arrive within three to five days.
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The new site is good news for a region that has been struggling to keep up with a surge in demand for testing. Just last week, the county closed the long-running Lakewood testing site after determining that overcrowding was making the location unsafe.
The county's other site, located at the Washington State Fairgrounds, remains open.
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🚨 Our COVID-19 testing site at the Washington State Fair Bronze lot is open today. We changed the entrance to better manage traffic flow. Please enter the Gold lot at 7th Ave. SE for staging. We will then direct you to the Bronze lot. We expect long wait times.
— Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (@TPCHD) January 10, 2022
Demand for COVID-19 testing has surged over recent weeks as the omicron coronavirus variant overtook delta to become the dominant COVID-19 strain in Washington state. To keep up with demand, Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday announced the state was purchasing 5.5 million more COVID-19 tests.
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