Announcement from Henderson County Department of Public Health:
Hendersonville, NC (May 24, 2020). Henderson County Health Department has partnered with Blue Ridge Health to offer a COVID-19 testing site for the public on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Testing will take place from 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm at the campus of East Henderson High School, located at 150 Eagle Pride Drive, East Flat Rock, NC 28726. The testing site will be set up in the gymnasium at 85 Stadium Way. Everyone is urged to wear a face covering of some kind. If you do not have one, a face covering will be provided for you.
This testing is open to the community with emphasis on availability for the following:
- Persons who live in or have regular contact with high-risk settings (e.g., long-term care facility, homeless shelter,
correctional facility, migrant farmworker camp)
- Persons who are at high risk of severe illness (e.g., people over 65 years of age, people of any age with
underlying health conditions)
- Health care workers or first responders (EMS, law enforcement, fire department, military)
- Front-line and essential workers (e.g., grocery store clerks, gas station attendants) in settings where social
distancing is difficult to maintain.
- Persons with limited access to healthcare.
Please see the attached Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Sheet for detailed information about this testing opportunity. This information will also be available on the websites of Henderson County Health Department and Blue Ridge Health.
While North Carolinians enter into the “Safer at Home, Phase 2” re-opening, it is still imperative that everyone take responsibility for their actions as they experience the easing of restrictions. Everyone is encouraged to “Know Your W’s!”: Wear a face covering, Wait 6 feet apart from other people, Wash your hands often.
It is important to make sure the information you are getting about COVID-19 is coming directly from reliable sources like the CDC, NCDHHS and Henderson County Public Health. For more information, call the North Carolina Coronavirus Hotline at 1-866-462-3821 (staffed by nurses and pharmacists 24/7), or visit the Center for Disease Control’s website for information and frequent updates at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus.
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