Free COVID-19 Rapid Tests Coming To Bucks Co. Drive-Thru Sites

Kate Fishman
Updated ·1 min read

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — After a testing shortage around the country amid the omicron surge, Bucks County residents will now have access to free COVID-19 rapid tests.

The Bucks County Emergency Management Agency and county health department will hand out the antigen tests to Bucks residents at drive-through distribution sites starting next week.

The distribution sites are:

  • Sesame Place parking lot, 100 Sesame Rd, Middletown Township (enter from North Bucks Town Drive)

  • Warminster Park, 1100 Veteran Way, Warminster Township (enter from Veterans Way)

  • Calvary Church, 820 Souderton Rd, Hilltown Township (enter from Route 113)

The distribution sites will operate from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the following dates, or until the supply is exhausted:

  • Middletown: Jan. 19, Jan. 26, Feb. 2

  • Warminster: Jan. 20, Jan. 27, Feb. 3

  • Hilltown: Jan. 24, Jan. 31

Tests will only be distributed at one site each day. Staff at these sites will not be administering any COVID-19 tests; only distributing.

Each car in attendance will be provided a maximum of four tests.

Vaccines will not be available at these sites. Find a vaccine clinic near you here.

Bucks EMA is anticipating a high volume of traffic at the distribution sites. Anyone coming to a drive-through site should be prepared to wait in line for some time before receiving tests.In the event of inclement weather, distribution sites may be closed or delayed.

Check the county website for cancellation notices.

For guidance from the Bucks County Health Department about when to test for COVID-19, how to use the tests the county is distributing and what to do if you test positive, click here.

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This article originally appeared on the Doylestown Patch