The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the Missouri National Guard are offering COVID-19 tests at five St. Charles County locations next week, beginning on May 26.
The tests are open to all residents of Missouri who register online through DHSS at health.mo.gov/communitytest or by calling the state hotline at (877)435-8411. Residents do not have to have COVID-19 symptoms to be eligible for the test.
“We are grateful to the state for making this opportunity possible,” said St. Charles County Department of Public Health director, Demetrius Cianci-Chapman. “Testing is extremely important in this pandemic, and kits have been difficult to get. The more testing that is done – on symptomatic, as well as asymptomatic residents – the more we will continue to learn about how this disease spreads and how prevalent it is in our communities.”
Testing will be available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday, May 26 to 28, at the St. Charles County Department of Public Health, 1650 Boone’s Lick Road in St. Charles; and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, May 29 and 30, at the St. Charles County Youth Activity Park, 7801 Highway N in Dardenne Prairie.
Members of the National Guard will collect the nasopharyngeal specimen, and it will be sent to a Quest Diagnostics lab for processing. Patients will be notified of their results by the Department of Health and Senior Services within seven days.