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Free drive-thru or walk-up COVID-19 testing event in Athens

The event is sponsored by Athens-Limestone Hospital and the local chapter of the NAACP.

ATHENS, Ala. — There will be a free drive-thru and walk-up COVID-19 testing event on Thursday, May 21st in Athens. 

It will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at James Chapel M.B. Church at 814 Lucas Street.

If you have your health insurance card, please bring it. If you are uninsured, come anyway. It is free! 

Organizers will distribute free masks, gloves and sanitizer to the first 150 people who arrive.

There will also be a LifeSouth Blood drive at Lucas Street Church of Christ at the same time.

Athens-Limestone Hospital and the local chapter of the NAACP are helping sponsor this event.

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