CENTREVILLE, MI (WTVB) – The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency has partnered with Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service of St. Joseph County, the Michigan Department of Health Human Services, and HONU to offer a free COVID-19 testing site in Centreville starting on Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
The curbside testing site will operate every Tuesday through the summer months in the Administrative Entrance parking lot at Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service of St. Joseph County.
This site will be in addition to the free COVID-19 testing site held at the agency’s Three Rivers office every Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
Health Officer Rebecca Burns says, “The discontinuation of the testing and vaccination site at Glen Oaks College allowed us to evaluate the community’s needs in St. Joseph County. We are pleased to partner with Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services of St. Joseph County for a convenient location in which to continue offering testing services in Centreville. Early testing can provide the best opportunity for treatment of COVID-19. Vaccination continues to be our best prevention strategy, not only for COVID-19, but for many other communicable diseases as well.”
Executive Director Kristine Kirsch says, “Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is pleased to offer a location to support ongoing community testing in Centreville. Our agency is committed to supporting the mental and physical health of our county. Mental health service needs have increased during the pandemic. Depression, anxiety, and isolation have taken a toll, but we are here to help. Adding COVID-19 testing is another opportunity for us to support residents’ whole health.”
Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Jim Cook says, “This will be a curbside testing site. Motorists will drive up to a parking space in the Administrative Entrance parking lot. The reserved testing spaces will be marked with a cone. The resident will utilize a QR code or call the posted phone number to alert testing staff they have arrived. Residents are asked to remain in their cars and HONU staff will come to them to provide the testing services.”
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