TOWN OF ULSTER – The first drive-through mobile COVID-19 testing site located at Tech City in the Town of Ulster has opened and Ulster County Executive Patrick Ryan said a second site is scheduled to open in Ellenville next week. Tech City is located at 300 Enterprise Drive in Kingston. Enterprise Drive is easily accessible from either Route 209 or Route 9W via Boice Lane. The facility opens at 8:30 AM.
The site, operated in partnership with Nuvance Health, is expected to add significant testing capacity and streamline the process for residents to be safely tested. “We established these collection sites to provide a safe alternate location for symptomatic patients to be screened for COVID-19,” said Sandra Iberger, Vice President of Ambulatory Services at Nuvance Health. “Currently, patients have been seeking testing via the Emergency Department and physician offices, which are not the appropriate setting for testing.”
The mobile site will also reduce possible exposure to the virus at hospitals and medical practices, which are preparing to handle an increasing number of patients affected by it.
Save-On, a local business in Kingston, has donated $100,000 in tent supplies for the location.
Persons seeking a COVID-19 test at the new site must meet all of the following criteria:
- You called your primary care doctor’s office and had a phone consultation;
- Based on your symptoms and other information you provided, your physician determined that you must meet criteria for COVID-19 testing, and ordered a test for you;
- You have a scheduled appointment to the collection site. Scheduling information will be provided by your doctor.
Any individual, who does not have a primary care physician, should call the Ulster County COVID-19 hotline at 845-443-8888.
