Los Angeles bringing mobile COVID-19 testing sites to underserved communities

Los Angeles adding more mobile COVID-19 testing sites

Los Angeles will be adding more mobile COVID-19 testing sites this week to low-income areas.

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday that the city will be bringing mobile COVID-19 testing sites to underserved communities.

“If you are unable to drive to a test site, we are coming to you,” Garcetti said. “Our fire department has redesigned trailers with walk-up windows that can test four people at a time, and Curative has launched its own testing van, distributing COVID tests.”

“We’re sending these resources all around the city in the places that are most needed, and we’re constantly looking at the data to see which communities were seeing surges and how we can help ensure that we take those surges down,” Garcetti said.

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There is no cost to patients for any test, whether or not you have insurance, but individuals are asked to bring insurance information if they have it, or a driver's license or another form of identification if they do not.

The mobile testing sites will be available at the following times and locations:

August 4 - Estrada Courts, 3232 Estrada St, Los Angeles, CA 90023, 10am - 4pm

August 4 - E. 1st St. & S. Soto St., 10am -4pm

August 5 - South Park, 345 E. 51st St., Los Angeles, CA 90011 (GRYD Summer Night Lights Grab & Go), 5-7pm

August 5 - Rose Hill Courts, 4466 Florizel St, Los Angeles, CA 90032, 10am - 4pm

August 5 - S. Central Ave. & E. Vernon Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011 10am-4pm

August 6 - S. Central Ave. & E. Vernon Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011 10am-4pm

August 6 - Rose Hill Courts, 4466 Florizel St, Los Angeles, CA 90032, 10am - 4pm

August 6 - Watts Civic Center, 1501 E 103rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90002 (GRYD Summer Night Lights Grab & Go), 5-7pm

August 7 - Estrada Courts, 3232 Estrada St, Los Angeles, CA 90023, 10am - 4pm

August 8 - Cypress Recreation Center, 2630 Pepper Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90065, 10am-4pm

August 9 - Wilmington Recreation Center/Will Hall Park, 325 N. Neptune Ave., Wilmington, CA 90744, 10am-4pm

August 11 - Pico Gardens & Las Casitas, 1526 East 4th Street Los Angeles, CA 90033, 10am - 4pm

August 12 - Pico Gardens & Las Casitas, 1526 East 4th Street Los Angeles, CA 90033, 10am - 4pm

August 12 - Ross Snyder Recreation Center, 1501 E 41st St, Los Angeles, CA 90011 (GRYD Summer Night Lights Grab & Go), 5-7pm

August 13 - Wilmington Recreation Center, 325 N. Neptune Ave., Wilmington, CA 90744 (GRYD Summer Night Lights Grab & Go), 5-7pm

August 13 - Pueblo Del Sol, 1400 Gabriel Garcia Marquez St, Los Angeles, CA 90033, 10am - 4pm

August 15 -Pueblo Del Sol, 1400 Gabriel Garcia Marquez St, Los Angeles, CA 90033, 10am - 4pm

August 18 - Ramona Gardens, 2731 Lancaster Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90032, 10am - 4pm

August 19 - Ramona Gardens, 2731 Lancaster Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90032, 10am - 4pm

August 20 - Mar Vista Gardens, 11965 Allin St, Culver City, CA 90230, 10am - 4pm

August 21 - Mar Vista Gardens, 11965 Allin St, Culver City, CA 90230, 10am - 4pm

August 25 - San Fernando Gardens, 10995 Lehigh Ave, Pacoima, CA 91331, 10am - 4pm

August 26 - San Fernando Gardens, 10995 Lehigh Ave, Pacoima, CA 91331, 10am - 4pm

Mobile sites offer testing is available by walk-up only. More information is listed on the city's website.

The mayor added that the city is working with Curative to pilot kiosks for COVID-19 testing that can each test up to 500 people a day. He said those are expected to be up and running by the end of the month.