[PR] Due to Extreme Heat, District’s Public Testing Sites to Operate on a Modified Schedule on Tuesday, July 21 and Wednesday, July 22

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Monday, July 20, 2020

Due to Extreme Heat, District’s Public Testing Sites to Operate on a Modified Schedule on Tuesday, July 21 and Wednesday, July 22

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Due to dangerously hot temperatures, the District’s public COVID-19 testing sites will operate on a modified schedule on Tuesday, July 21 and Wednesday, July 22. Firehouse testing locations will remain closed. Residents are still encouraged to call their health care providers if they are in need of a test.

Tuesday, July 21 Public COVID-19 Testing Schedule

  • UDC-CC Bertie Backus Campus site (5171 South Dakota Avenue, NE), 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

  • Judiciary Square site (F Street, NW between 4th and 5th Streets, NW), 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday, July 22 Public COVID-19 Testing Schedule

  • Anacostia site (2241 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE), 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

  • Judiciary Square site (F Street, NW between 4th and 5th Streets, NW), 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

No appointment is needed to get tested at the District’s public testing sites.

Additionally, the District’s grocery distribution sites will reopen and resume their normal hours. Meal sites across the city also remain open for all in need. A list of grocery distribution and meal site locations and hours can be found at coronavirus.dc.gov/food.

Mayor Muriel Bowser has activated the District’s Heat Emergency Plan for Saturday, July 18 through Wednesday, July 22. When the forecast of the temperature or heat index in the District is 92 degrees or higher, the District Government, through the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA), activates a heat emergency as well as cooling centers for residents to seek relief from the heat.

Cooling Centers

Select recreation centers, public schools, and homeless shelters will open as cooling centers each day from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m., or until it has been deemed safe to be outdoors, through Wednesday, July 22. If you or someone you know needs transportation to a cooling center, call the hyperthermia hotline at (202) 399-7093. Cooling centers open to the public are listed below.

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