Responding to increasing demand for COVID-19 testing and a lack of room to accommodate those flocking to test sites, Pierce County is opening an additional place to get tested starting Monday.
The temporary drive-through site will be open through Jan. 7 in Puyallup at the Washington State Fair grounds Gold Lot located at 110 9th Ave. SW. Tests are free and appointments are not required.
The opening follows a week where high demand for COVID tests met cold temperatures and snowy weather that forced Pierce County Emergency Management to close testing sites Thursday in Lakewood and Tacoma. Earlier in the week, the weather forced the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department to temporarily close several of its testing sites.
“It just became an issue of safety for both the folks coming to the site and site staff,” Halliday said. The new testing site has more room to handle a large volume of people thanks to its larger parking lot, Halliday said. He hopes the site will provide some relief for other testing sites seeing increases in traffic.
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