Free COVID testing and vaccines are available daily at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem.
A nasal swab PCR test and all three vaccines are available, as well as booster shots. The walk-in clinic requires no appointment. There is no cost and insurance is not required.
The clinic is open Monday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is held in the fairgrounds pavilion on Sunnyview Road just east of 17th Street. There is signage to direct drivers.
For more information visit the Marion County Public Health website: www.co.marion.or.us/HLT/PH.
Santiam Hospital is offering drive up saliva-based COVID testing Monday through Friday, noon to 6 p.m. in the back parking lot of Foothill Church, 975 Fern Ridge Road SE, Stayton.
You do not need an order from a doctor for the test, but you must pre-register at www.labdash.net and sign up for an appointment.
The appointments are for SalivaDirect PCR tests and results may take between 24 and 72 hours. Results are emailed. Participants should not eat or drink anything for 30 minutes prior to their appointment. They are asked not park in the church’s main lot, or call or go into the church.
For those who test positive the Oregon Health Authority urges you to:
• Stay home and stay away from others, including the people in your own household.
• If you feel sick, isolate for 5 days from when you started feeling sick and make sure your fever is gone for 24 hours – without the help of medication – before being around others.
• If you don’t have symptoms, isolate for 5 days from the day you were tested.
• If you are sick, take care of yourself and keep in touch with your clinic or medical provider if your symptoms get worse.
• You can be around others again after 5 days if you feel better.
• You should wear a mask for an additional 5 days when you are around others.
