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Free COVID-19 testing Tuesday at MARTA station

April 22, 2020 Duluth - Atlanta residents looking to get tested for the novel coronavirus can do so Tuesday at Hamilton E. Holmes MARTA station. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

April 22, 2020 Duluth - Atlanta residents looking to get tested for the novel coronavirus can do so Tuesday at Hamilton E. Holmes MARTA station. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
By Raisa Habersham
May 19, 2020

Atlanta residents looking to get tested for the novel coronavirus can do so Tuesday at Hamilton E. Holmes MARTA station.

Free testing will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the station's back parking lot entrance located on Burton Road, according to The Family Health Centers of Georgia, the provider of the tests.

Drive-thru and walk-up appointments are allowed, but patients are encouraged to call 1-800-935-6721 to make an appointment.

Free surgical masks will be given to everyone who gets a test. A list of future testing sites can be found at https://covid.fhcga.org/.

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