DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Some metro Atlanta testing sites are staying open later, so you can get tested.
The DeKalb County Board of Health extended hours to 5 p.m. today and Thursday at a former K-Mart along Buford Highway and Rehobeth Baptist Church on Lawrenceville Highway.
Channel 2′s Carol Sbarge reported the wait at the Rehobeth Baptist Church drive thru testing site was about an hour and a half to two hours Tuesday.
DeKalb County resident Katie Christensen said she got tested because it is better to be safe than sorry.
The District Health Director for DeKalb County Dr. Sandra Ford says their goal for the first few months was to do about 10,000 coronavirus tests per month.
She says now they’re doing about 10,000 tests per week.
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Ford told Sbarge there are several reasons for the increased demand. She said when the CDC added more possible symptoms more people came in for testing.
Ford also said more people are seeking tests as more businesses open up in Georgia.
So far she says their testing supply is good and they’ve gotten what they needed from the state.
But Ford is urging people not to back things up by getting tested repeatedly. She says a positive test today is still going to be positive in a week.
The testing is free and the county encourages people to preregister at the DeKalb Board of Health website. It also lists all six of their testing sites and the hours.
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