MIAMI, FLORIDA – JULY 23: Health care workers direct people to use a nasal swab for a self administered test at the new federally funded COVID-19 testing site at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium on July 23, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Vice Admiral Jerome Adams, the U.S. Surgeon General, visited the site, as the state of Florida experiences a spike in coronavirus cases, to encourage people to wear a mask and take other precautions to fight the pandemic. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
A new free COVID-19 testing site at the NRH20 Family Water Park in North Richland Hills will open on Aug. 24.
Tarrant County, the Texas Division of Emergency Management, and the city of North Richland Hills worked together to bring the testing site at 9001 Boulevard 26 to northeast Tarrant County.
*Map locations are approximate, central locations for the city and are not meant to indicate where actual infected people live.
The site uses self-administered mouth swabs and will operate from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
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"It is important that we have COVID-19 testing sites throughout Tarrant County" said Gary Fickes, Precinct 3 Tarrant County Commissioner, in a statement. "We needed access to more testing in Northeast Tarrant County and this NRH20 location will help fill that need."
There is no Tarrant County residency requirement for testing.
According to Tarrant County, results will be received within 72-96 hours.
You can schedule a test here and find more information about the testing site here.
*Map locations are approximate, central locations for the city and are not meant to indicate where actual infected people live.
