Drive‐Thru COVID‐19 Testing Event

Sep 23, 2020 COVID-19, Coronavirus

CCCHC will be conducting a free COVID‐19 testing event on Wednesday, September 30 from 7:30 a.m. ‐ 9:30 a.m. in the SMC Ambulance Bay. Individuals wanting to be tested are asked to enter west of the Mercer County Ambulance building and drive through the SMC Ambulance Bay to be tested. Pre‐registration for this event is available at https://testreg.nd.gov/. This process is strongly recommended to speed up your testing experience.

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