Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition

■ Where to find drive-thru testing in South Florida.

- By Cindy Krischer Goodman

Testing at mobile coronaviru­s sites will be limited to individual­s who meet the current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, which have been broadened as the virus has spread:

■ Older adults and people who have severe underlying chronic medical conditions who have fever, cough or any type of respirator­y distress.

■ Any people — including healthcare workers — who within 14 days of symptom onset had contact with a suspected or confirmed coronaviru­s patient.

■ Any people with history of travel from an affected area or an area with community spread.

Locations

Many of the drive-thru test sites are available by appointmen­t only, and all sites depend on the availabili­ty of test kits.

Currently open

■ Pembroke Pines: Memorial Healthcare, the Florida National Guard and the Florida Department of Health will staff a multilane mobile coronaviru­s test site at CB Smith Park’s park-and-ride lot, 900 N. Flamingo Road, Pembroke Pines. Appointmen­ts are not required, but patients must be in a car and carrying valid ID, and they will be screened at the entrance. The site will be open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Priority will be given to healthcare workers, first responders and people 65 and older who are showing symptoms of the new coronaviru­s. The site will start with 1,700 collection swabs. Opened March 20.

■ Pompano Beach: Broward Health mobile test site behind the Festival Flea

Market on Sample Road in Pompano Beach. Up to 300 tests daily. Call the Broward Health line at 954-320-5730 to set up appointmen­t. Opened March 19.

■ Weston: Cleveland Clinic Weston’s Krupa Center,

3250 Meridian Parkway, Weston. Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call the Cleveland Clinic Florida appointmen­t center at 954-659-5951 for screening. Opened March 19.

Not currently operating

■ Miami Gardens: The state of Florida is preparing a drive-thru testing site in the parking lot at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. No details available.

■ West Palm Beach: FoundCare parking lot, 2330 S. Congress Ave., West Palm Beach. Appointmen­ts through April 10 already are scheduled for the currently available test kits. No additional appointmen­ts will be taken at this time. When more tests are available, appointmen­t scheduling will resume.

 ?? AMY BETH BENNETT/SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL ?? Alex Pierce is swabbed during drive-thru testing for the new coronaviru­s at Cleveland Clinic Weston’s Krupa Center on Thursday.
AMY BETH BENNETT/SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL Alex Pierce is swabbed during drive-thru testing for the new coronaviru­s at Cleveland Clinic Weston’s Krupa Center on Thursday.

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