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Board of Health Delays Opening of Newest COVID-19 Testing Site

DECATUR, Ga. – The DeKalb County Board of Health is delaying the previously planned June 22 opening of a COVID-19 testing site at Greenforest Community Baptist Church in Decatur.

The site will now open on Monday, June 29.

Testing continues to remain available at the following locations: 

  • Beulah Missionary Baptist Church
    2340 Clifton Springs Rd., Decatur, Ga. 30034
  • Former K-Mart Store Parking Lot (at I-285 and Buford Hwy.)
    5597 Buford Hwy. NE, Doraville, Ga. 30340
  • Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church
    1879 Glenwood Ave. SE, Atlanta, Ga. 30316
  • Kingswood Church
    4896 N. Peachtree Rd., Dunwoody, Ga. 30338
    (Note: This site is only open on Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. until noon.)
  • Rehoboth Baptist Church
    2997 Lawrenceville Hwy, Tucker, Ga. 30084
  • Salem Bible Church
    5460 Hillandale Dr., Stonecrest, Ga. 30058

COVID-19 testing is free and open to all individuals who wish to be tested. A driver’s license or identification card is not required, however registration in advance is strongly encouraged. 

For testing site hours of operation and online appointment scheduling for all DeKalb County Board of Health testing sites, visit dekalbpublichealth.com, or call the COVID-19 Call Center at (404) 294-3700, Option 1. Call center hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.

All testing locations and the COVID-19 Call Center will be closed on July 3 and July 4, for the Independence Day holiday.

SERVICE ALERT:
Vital Records
at the North DeKalb Health Center
will be closed on September 17, 2024.

For birth or death certificates, please visit:

Richardson Health Center
445 Winn Way, Room 191
Decatur, GA 30030
404-294-3720

SERVICE ALERT 

Due to today’s worldwide cybersecurity outage, some services have been impacted.

  • You may experience delays reaching our Call Center, which handles health center appointments.
  • WIC benefit issuance is unavailable at this time. However, eWIC cards can still be used at authorized WIC vendors.


This outage has not only affected DeKalb Public Health, but other government and business services, in Georgia, throughout the nation and internationally.

We apologize for the inconvenience and greatly appreciate your patience, as we work with our partners to fully restore systems.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Tuesday December 24 and Wednesday, December 25th, in observance of the holiday. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on November 28-29th, in observance of the State holiday.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, November 11th, in observance of the Veterans Day holiday.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, October 14th, in observance of the State holiday.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, September 2, in observance of the holiday. Have a safe and healthy Labor Day! 

SERVICE ALERT

In observance of Juneteenth, all DeKalb Public Health centers will be closed on Wednesday, June 19th. #happyjuneteenth

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Thursday, July 4th, in observance of the Federal Holiday. Have a safe and healthy Fourth of July!