MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Miami Beach will open up a new COVID-19 testing site later this week.
The site will be at the Miami Beach Convention Center, and it will begin seeing patients on Friday.
The convention center was originally transformed into a field hospital.
The site will offer both mobile and walk-up testing and is free and available to anyone 18 years or older with or without symptoms.
Children accompanied by a guardian will also be able to get tested at the site.
7News attended the soft opening of the walk-up service on Thursday morning where several Miami Beach officials, including Mayor Dan Gelber, could be seen getting tested.
“It’s very important to have testing in this community right now,” said Gelber. “Otherwise, we are flying blind against this pandemic. We have to know. We have to be aware of what precisely is out there [and] what counter measures we need to deploy.”
Testing will be done daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
No appointments are necessary.
Test results are expected to take a day.
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