Coronavirus: Hours change at UD Arena drive-up testing site

Mobile health clinic set up University of Dayton Arena. People with doctor’s order can get tested for coronavirus at UD Arena parking lot in Dayton starting on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Premier Health is collaborating with the UD to set up a specimen collection site from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Staff photo: Marshall Gorby

Mobile health clinic set up University of Dayton Arena. People with doctor’s order can get tested for coronavirus at UD Arena parking lot in Dayton starting on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Premier Health is collaborating with the UD to set up a specimen collection site from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Staff photo: Marshall Gorby
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By Jen Balduf
March 25, 2020
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The drive-up coronavirus collection site will close two hours earlier beginning Wednesday.

The site will continue to offer a process to collect specimens from patients with a physician’s order with them for a COVID-19 test.

>> Coronavirus: 219 people tested on 1st day of Dayton’s drive-up site

New hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily at the University of Dayton Arena parking lot, 1801 Edwin C. Moses Blvd. in Dayton, Premier Health announced Tuesday evening.

Criteria to be tested includes virus symptoms such as fever, dry cough and shortness of breath; contact with someone who has tested positive or cases where the person has traveled overseas.

>> PHOTOS: Coronavirus testing at UD Arena

The testing is a collaboration of Premier Health, CompuNet and Premier Health Urgent Care. Quest Diagnostics conducts the  testing.

>> Coronavirus: Complete coverage

Since the Premier Health COVID-19 collection site opened March 17, nearly 1400 COVID-19 tests have been administered. There were 107 patients seen Tuesday, with 80 flu tests administered, nine positive flu tests, 105 COVID-19 tests administered and 32 redirected who did not have a doctor’s order.

RELATED: Coronavirus tests available with doctor’s note

Mobile health clinic set up University of Dayton Arena. People with doctor's order can get tested for coronavirus at UD Arena parking lot in Dayton starting on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Premier Health is collaborating with the UD to set up a specimen collection site from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

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