FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 21, 2020
Media Contact: Amy Cloud, Public Information Officer
Phone: (360) 318 - 4356
E-mail address: WUC_JIC@co.whatcom.wa.us
Community COVID-19 low-barrier testing expands during week of August 24
The Whatcom County Health Department (WCHD) plan for mobile, community-wide low-barrier testing for COVID-19, developed in partnership with Whatcom Unified Command (WUC) will launch the week of August 24. The Bellingham-based testing trial that began August 10 has been successful, and the number of testing sites will expand to include COVID-19 testing in every school district in the county. The community testing program will expand to the following sites throughout the county next week: