{"id":940075,"date":"2020-12-01T16:52:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T22:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=940075"},"modified":"2020-12-01T16:53:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T22:53:25","slug":"free-covid-19-testing-locations-in-east-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=940075","title":{"rendered":"Free COVID-19 testing locations in East Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-940076\" src=\"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2020\/11\/cov-e1606750361983-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>EAST TEXAS &#8212; The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) has resumed operation of FREE COVID-19 tests, whether you have symptoms or if you have no symptoms. All TDEM testing locations are walk-in sites and you must wear a face covering upon entry. Each of the sites will collect oral saliva samples that will be sent to a testing laboratory to undergo PCR analysis to determine COVID-19 infection at the moment the samples were collected. Results will be provided to you by the Texas Division of Emergency Management, and not by NET Health.<!--more--> Valid ID required &amp; contact info will be requested when you are able to be tested, not while you wait in line, persons must provide a working cell phone number and results will be provided to you by the Texas Division of Emergency Management, and not by NET Health.<\/p>\n<p>For each of the free COVID-19 testing locations, it is advised that you do not eat, drink, or smoke anything at least 20 minutes before your scheduled appointment. To register for a free appointment, visiti GoGetTested.com<\/p>\n<p>November 30th and December 2nd &#8211; 231 North Hood Street in Tatum<\/p>\n<p>December 7th and December 9th &#8211; 505 South Meadowbrook Drive in Overton<\/p>\n<p>Every Tuesday and Every Thursdays only at the Palestine Civic Center &#8211; 1819 West Spring Street in Palestine<\/p>\n<p>Every Friday in Kilgore at the Chandler Street Church of Christ &#8211; 2700 Chandler Street in Kilgore<\/p>\n<p>Monday through Friday each week at the Tyler Senior Center &#8211; 1519 Garden Valley Parkway in Tyler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAST TEXAS &#8212; The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) has resumed operation of FREE COVID-19 tests, whether you have symptoms or if you have no symptoms. All TDEM testing locations are walk-in sites and you must wear a face covering upon entry. Each of the sites will collect oral saliva samples that will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=940075\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Free COVID-19 testing locations in East Texas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-940075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 15:27:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=940075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":940077,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940075\/revisions\/940077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=940075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=940075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=940075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}