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Free Community COVID-19 Testing To Be Offered In Springfield, Joplin And Marshfield

National Guard helps with COVID-19 testing
DVIDS
National Guard helps with COVID-19 testing
National Guard helps with COVID-19 testing
Credit DVIDS
National Guard helps with COVID-19 testing

A free COVID-19 community testing event will be held Thursday, December 3, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday, December 4, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds in Springfield.  Another testing event will be held Saturday, December 5, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Ozark Christian College in Joplin.  And a community testing event will take place Monday, December 7, from noon to 6 p.m. at the Webster County Fairgrounds in Marshfield. The testing is being held by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the Missouri National Guard.

You’re asked to pre-register at health.mo.gov/communitytest.  Any Missouri resident may be tested even if they are not experiencing COVID-19 symptoms.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services continues offering surge testing at four sites in Missouri, including in Branson on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  That testing is available to anyone five and older who are experiencing symptoms or believe they may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19.  You can pre-register for that testing site at DoINeedaCovid19Test.com.

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Michele Skalicky has worked at KSMU since the station occupied the old white house at National and Grand. She enjoys working on both the announcing side and in news and has been the recipient of statewide and national awards for news reporting. She likes to tell stories that make a difference. Michele enjoys outdoor activities, including hiking, camping and leisurely kayaking.