Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wayne County Health Department has been a leader in providing free testing and vaccinations to residents across the area. With tests and vaccines readily available through providers in the community, and the demand at our annex diminishing, the Health Department will begin downsizing COVID-19 operations at our Grantham…… read more »
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Wayne County Health Dept. To Close COVID-19 Testing & Vaccine Annex
COVID-19 Testing Unavailable Until Further Notice
(GDN) – The Wayne County Health Department will not have COVID-19 testing available until further notice. Demand for testing has increased significantly nationwide over the past two weeks, and additional test kits have been ordered from the State. At this time, testing is expected to resume by the middle of next week. Updates on testing…… read more »
NC positive tests, hospitalizations soar in holiday weekend
RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — North Carolina health data shows that positive COVID-19 test rates and hospitalizations soared during the long holiday weekend. The state Department of Health and Human Services released figures on Tuesday following several days away. They show that almost 22% of tests performed on Sunday were positive. News outlets report the rate…… read more »
Church Sponsoring COVID-19 Testing In Goldsboro
Ameritech Labs is offering drive-thru COVID-19 testing at the First Free Will Baptist Church of Goldsboro, 604 E. Ash Street. Testing begins today, April 1st. No appointments are required. The testing site will be open Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays from 10 AM – 4 PM and Wednesdays from 10 AM – 3:30 PM. (There will…… read more »
COVID Testing Being Offered Weekends In Goldsboro
Drive thru COVID-19 testing will now be offered on weekends at Family Medicine & Rehab Centers, 2902 Central Heights Road in Goldsboro. The testing will be available from 9 AM – 5 PM on Saturdays and Sundays starting January 23rd. All patients are welcome regardless of insurance. All insurances are accepted and the testing is…… read more »
Free COVID-19 Testing In Dudley On Saturday
Free COVID-19 testing will be offered this weekend in Dudley. The testing will be offered from 10 AM – 2 PM on Saturday, October 17, at the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), 4354 Highway 117 Alternate. The coronavirus testing is made possible through Resourceful Clinical Laboratory in partnership with Resourceful Solutions II. For more information,…… read more »
No COVID-19 Testing At Health Department This Week
The Wayne County Health Department will not be offering COVID-19 testing on Wednesday, October 14, and Friday, October 16. Staff will use this week to debrief on the testing site and make any internal changes necessary to better serve individuals who visit the free testing site. Residents who are in need of COVID-19 testing should visit…… read more »
Deeper Life To Host COVID Testing & Voter Registration Drive
Deeper Life Church Ministries, 900 Eleventh Street, Goldsboro, will host a drive-thru voter registration and its second COVID-19 testing on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. “We are in a very critical time in voting history,” stated Dr. Aaron McNair, II, Sr. Pastor of DLCM. “If ever every eligible person needed…… read more »
Free COVID-19 Testing This Week
The Wayne County Health Department is partnering with Wayne UNC Health Care to offer free COVID-19 testing in Goldsboro this week on Tuesday, June 30, and Thursday, July 2, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Testing will be offered at the GWTA Transit Center at 103 N Carolina St. in Goldsboro. This is the first…… read more »
County Looks At Increased Testing Sites For COVID-19
There are calls for increased COVID-19 testing in Wayne County. During last week’s Wayne County Board meeting, Alma Jenkins, a gastroenterologist in Goldsboro, was one of several to address the commissioners and suggest more test sites would help the area better control is coronavirus numbers. Commissioner Ed Cromartie noted the racial disparities in coronavirus cases…… read more »
