GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) — It’s another major milestone for COVID-19 testing in Brown County.
Anyone who lives or works in Brown County, regardless of symptoms or essential status, will be able to get tested for COVID-19 absolutely free at the county’s two testing sites at the Resch Center and Casa ALBA Melanie starting on Wednesday.
“Anybody who wants to get a test regardless of if you have a symptom, we encourage you to go get that test,” Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach said Tuesday.
Testing runs until May 22nd. Testing is free, but you have to sign up either online or by calling 211 first.
At some point time we have to get back to you know back to normalcy, we have to get our economy back,” Streckenbach told reporters. “And we understand that testing is going to be one of the critical aspects.”
The county expanded testing this week for all essential workers in the county. On Monday, 864 people were tested at the two community testing sites in Brown County.
1,981 people in Brown County have been infected with COVID-19.
