Saliva COVID testing site opening to public

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — A new free saliva-based COVID testing site is opening up in Urbana. Starting Monday, SHIELD Illinois will begin offering COVI...

September 17, 2022
3:46 AM

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — A new free saliva-based COVID testing site is opening up in Urbana. Starting Monday, SHIELD Illinois will begin offering COVID-19 tests to the public at the University of Illinois' Campus Recreation Center East. The free testing is made possible through federal funding from the CARESand American Rescue Plan Acts in partnership with the Illinois Department of Public Health and SHIELD Illinois. Testing will be available from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and parking is free at marked metered spaces along Dorner Drive.

Christy Jankowski