Free COVID-19 testing to be offered at NIU Jan. 10, 11, 12

File photo - Meghan O'Rorke, a phlebotomist with HR Support, hands out a COVID-19 test at the free drive-thru testing site Oct. 13 at DeKalb High School. (Mark Busch)

January 10, 2021 at 11:45 am CST

DeKALB – The Illinois Department of Public Health, the DeKalb County Health Department and Northern Illinois University have partnered to offer three days of free drive-thru COVID-19 testing.

Free COVID-19 testing will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 10 to 12 at the NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb.

Vehicles should enter from Lincoln Highway.

Simple nasal swabs will be used. Test recipients will be called with results four to seven days after the test.

For information about free temporary drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites in DeKalb County, visit www.health.dekalbcounty.org.