Drive-Up Coronavirus Testing Site Opens in Queensbury

QUEENSBURY — A drive-up novel coronavirus public testing site is set to open today in Queensbury providing the availability of COVID-19 tests for residents of Warren, Washington, Saratoga, Hamilton and Essex counties, according to Warren County Public Health Services.

The mobile site is the second in the region, a new state-run drive-through test site opened on the University at Albany campus on April 6.

Glens Falls Hospital and Warren County Public Health Services worked together to open the most recent public testing site on the Warren County Municipal Center campus.

According to a statement, the site will be open for drive-up public testing only for those who have obtained medical authorization. Anyone who believes they should be tested should contact their medical provider. Those wishing to have a test performed will need to get an order from their health provider, who will then contact Warren County Public Health Services to arrange a time for the test. The site will be staffed by Glens Falls Hospital personnel in personal protective equipment.

Testing site staff will be able to handle 50 or so tests per day between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., Monday through Friday. Results through a state laboratory will take 3 to 5 days.

The Municipal Center is located off Route 9 in Queensbury, near Exit 20 of the Northway. Those who have doctors’ orders for a test will follow electronic signs on Route 9 that will direct them to the testing location at the rear of the county complex. They will be asked to enter the Municipal Center through Glen Lake Road.

Through April 8, 2,269 Saratoga County residents had been tested overall, with 172 positive results for the coronavirus – a 7.6% positive return rate. Warren County had tested 581 persons (40 positive, 6.9%) and Washington County 383 (with 25, or 6.5% postive).