A UWSP COVID testing site in Wausau (Photo courtesy of UW-Stevens Point)
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) — More community testing days are being added from a university system.
Community testing sites currently being held at UW-Stevens Point campuses will be extended into the new year. Initially, the testing sites were estimated to run through mid-December. The testing sites will now administer rapid tests for the foreseeable future. Testing at all three UW-Stevens Point campuses will continue to be available through Wednesday, December 23rd, before taking a break over the holidays. Testing will then resume on Monday, January 4th.
Testing is available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Stevens Point on Wednesdays and Fridays in the Champions Hall Multi-Activity Center, in Wausau on Mondays and Thursdays at the Wausau fieldhouse on 7th Avenue, and in Marshfield on Tuesdays at the Marshfield fieldhouse.
Advance appointments are required for these free tests and must be made at www.doineedacovid19test.com. Appointments are listed only one week in advance and fill quickly. If no appointments are available, check back the morning after testing is held at a given location.
The testing sites are operated by eTrueNorth under contract with the federal government. Testing is available at no cost to anyone ages 5 and older. Individuals do not have to be experiencing symptoms or be considered a close contact of someone with COVID-19 to get a test. They also do not need to live in the community where the testing site is located.
UW-Stevens Point is partnering with all University of Wisconsin System institutions and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to make these screening tests available. This federal “surge testing” operation uses Abbott BinaxNOW rapid point-of-care tests that provide results within 15 minutes.
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