The Christian County Health Department operates the drive-thru COVID-19 test site at Tie Breaker Park six days a week, and there are no restrictions on eligibility other than the number of tests available to administer.
The testing program is a collaboration between state health officials and the local health department. In addition, several local agencies have assisted with logistics.
Tests are conducted 9 to 11 a.m. Monday through Friday and 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturdays. Vehicles enter the test site from the park’s LaFayette Road entrance.
There’s no cost for the test and no requirement to have insurance, according to local health officials. A person does not have to have symptoms of the respiratory disease to receive a test.
In general, the health department is able to administer 70 tests a day.
Anyone who does not have transportation to the test site is asked to call the health department at 270-887-4160 for assistance.
Here’s a video that demonstrates the process.
(Jennifer P. Brown is the editor and founder of Hoptown Chronicle. Reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org.)
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
