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Walk, drive-thru coronavirus testing sites open on campus

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Eric Lee | Staff Photographer
A medical professional prepares to administer a COVID-19 test on a patient.

Patients could receive testing for COVID-19 at on-campus drive- and walk-thru sites for the first time Monday.

GW Hospital, Medical Faculty Associates and University officials partnered to offer appointment-only coronavirus screenings between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. MFA officials said patients need to present identification and an order for testing to health care professionals upon entering the sites.

A walk-thru site is available at 22nd and I streets, while patients can access a drive-thru facility at 20th and H streets, according to a GW release. Patients will receive results from their health care provider in five to seven days after testing, the release states.

GW Hospital officials have also set up a tent outside the hospital to screen patients for COVID-19, and the facility cut elective surgeries in the wake of the pandemic.

Here are some sights from the site’s first day, showing images of patients receiving tests and health care professionals operating the areas.

[gwh_image id=”1116731″ credit=”Eric Lee | Staff Photographer” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]A health care provider performs a nasal COVID-19 test on a patient. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1116725″ credit=”Eric Lee | Staff Photographer” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]The COVID-10 drive-thru testing site is located on the corner of 20th and H streets, sitting across from the GW Law School. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1116724″ credit=”Eric Lee | Staff Photographer” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]Medical workers operating the drive-thru site talk wearing face shields. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1116728″ credit=”Zach Brien | Staff Photographer” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]Staffers store COVID-19 tests under the on-campus drive-thru tent. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1116729″ credit=”Eric Lee | Staff Photographer” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]A medical professional prepares to administer a COVID-19 test on a patient. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1116726″ credit=”Eric Lee | Staff Photographer” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]A sign states that parking is restricted between 20th and 22nd streets, near the COVID-19 testing site. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1116735″ credit=”Eric Lee | Staff Photographer” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]Medical workers stand under a tent offering drive-thru COVID-19 screenings. [/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1116736″ credit=”Zach Brien | Staff Photographer” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]A health care provider performs a nasal COVID-19 test on a patient Monday.[/gwh_image]

[gwh_image id=”1116732″ credit=”Zach Brien | Staff Photographer” align=”none” size=”embedded-img”]Staffers who helped direct traffic near the drive-thru coronavirus testing site take a break. [/gwh_image]

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