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Board of Health’s Greenforest Testing Site to Begin Saturday Hours

DECATUR, Ga. – In an effort to increase accessibility and convenience of COVID-19 testing in areas with high case counts, the DeKalb County Board of Health will open its testing site at Greenforest Community Baptist Church on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. until noon, beginning Saturday, July 11.

On Thursday, July 9, the following testing locations will be open from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.:

  • Former K-Mart Store Parking Lot (at I-285 and Buford Hwy.)
    5597 Buford Hwy. NE, Doraville, Ga. 30340
  • Rehoboth Baptist Church
    2997 Lawrenceville Hwy, Tucker, Ga. 30084

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.

In addition to extended hours, to ensure testing resources are available for individuals who have pre-registered for testing on their scheduled date and time, pre-registrations will be verified to ensure that the appointment date matches the actual day. Individuals scheduled for a future date will be turned away and asked to return on their scheduled day.

Testing remains 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
  • Greenforest Community Baptist Church
    3250 Rainbow Dr., Decatur, Ga. 30034
  • Rehoboth Baptist Church
    2997 Lawrenceville Hwy, Tucker, Ga. 30084
  • Salem Bible Church
    5460 Hillandale Dr., Stonecrest, Ga. 30058

Regular hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 9:00 a.m. until noon on Saturday for the Greenforest testing site only.

For current 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.

For more resources and information about COVID-19, visit the DeKalb County Board of Health’s COVID-19 website at dekalbpublichealth.com/covid-19.

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!