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Coronavirus drive-thru testing locations open

Patients will need to get approval from primary care physician for test

HARTFORD, Conn. — The state announced the locations of drive-thru testing for patients with a prescription from their doctor and make an appointment in advance.

The drive-through testing station in Hartford opened Monday.

Bridgeport opened its own testing center March 17, using the campus facility on Mill Hill Avenue. It will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.  The center will not allow walk-ins. It will be based on a physician’s order and a scheduled appointment 

Alternate COVID-19 testing locations have been approved at several hospitals throughout Connecticut, and each of them are at varying stages of setting-up drive-through testing procedures. The hospitals approved for drive-through test sampling includes:

Locations open

Locations preparing to open

  • Bridgeport Hospital
  • Danbury Hospital
  • Greenwich Hospital
  • Stamford Health
  • Waterbury Hospital

Anyone seeking to be tested must have a prescription from their doctor and make an appointment in advance.

 

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