Twenty-seven coronavirus testing sites have opened in the Southland as efforts continued to increase availability of tests across the region.
County health director Barbara Ferrer has noted in recent weeks that while testing has been expanding, it was still more readily available in more affluent communities. Efforts have been continuing to ensure that residents of lower-income areas have access to the tests.
“Many of our hardest working families are either uninsured or underinsured and don’t normally seek access to health care, which is why increasing access to COVID-19 mobile testing sites remains one of my top priorities,” County Supervisor Hilda Solis said in a statement. “We are in this public health crisis together. This virus does not discriminate; it has the potential to impact all communities.”
The testing process should take between 5 and 10 minutes to complete. However, waiting times may vary.
Tests are by appointment only. Each testing client must give their registration number, which is generated by the screening website: http://coronavirus.lacity.org/testing.
Testing is available at the following sites:
—Crenshaw Christian Center, 7901 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles
—Kedren Community Health Center – Walk Up Only, 4211 Avalon, Los Angeles
—The Forum, 3900 W Manchester Blvd., Inglewood
—Charles R. Drew Campus, 1731 E 120th St., Los Angeles
—South Bay Galleria, 1815 Hawthorne Blvd., Redondo Beach
—Crenshaw Christian Center, 7901 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles
—Lincoln Park, 3501 Valley Blvd., Los Angeles
—Hotchkin Memorial Training Center, 1700 Stadium Way, Los Angeles
—Altamed Medical Group, 2040 Camfield Ave., Los Angeles
—Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8730 Alden Drive, Los Angeles
—Carbon Health (Walk-Up Only), Echo Park, 2110 Sunset Blvd., Suite M, Los Angeles
—Long Beach City College, 1305 E. Pacific Coast Highway
—East LA College, 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park
—Boyle Heights, 1724 Pennsylvania Ave.
—Pasadena Testing Site, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive
—Pomona Fairplex, Gate 17, W. McKinley/Fairplex Drive
—Glendale Memorial Hospital, 222 W. Eulalia St.
—Hansen Dam Recreational Center (entrance on Osborne St., 11798 Foothill Blvd.), Lake View Terrace
—High Desert Medical Group, 43839 15th St. W., Lancaster
—Northridge Hospital Medical Center, 18460 Roscoe Blvd. (enter on
Reseda Blvd.)
—AltaMed Medical and Dental Group, 972 Goodrich Blvd., Commerce
—AltaMed Medical Group, 6336 Passons Blvd., Pico Rivera
—AltaMed Medical and Dental Group, 8627 Atlantic Ave., South Gate
—AltaMed Medical and Dental Group, 1300 S. Sunset Ave., West Covina
—Antelope Valley Mall, 1233 Rancho Vista Blvd., Palmdale
—Santa Clarita Testing Site, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
—Warner Center, 6097 Canoga Ave., Woodland Hills
—Bellflower Civic Center, 16600 Civic Center Drive
—San Gabriel Valley Airport, 4233 Santa Anita Ave., El Monte
