ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A COVID-19 testing site will open at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium on Monday, offering locals looking for a test another alternative to the still crowded site at Barnett Park.
A line of cars could be seen stretching down West Colonial Drive Sunday morning as people hoped to get a COVID-19 test before capacity was reached. Rosana Almodovar and Hector Valentine said they arrived an hour and a half before the site opened.
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“I actually work in an office and my boss said his wife was diagnosed or positive, she had been there the week before,” Almodovar said. “I wanted to make sure I actually now have a cold, so I want to make sure that’s exactly what it was.”
She and Valentine both said they were there to be tested for work-related issues.
“I’ve got to get a negative test for work (...) I tested last week positive,” Valentine said. “A lot of people are panicking.”
The drive-thru testing site at Camping World Stadium will be open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. seven days per week until capacity is reached, and it will offer rapid and PCR testing without an appointment at no cost (online pre-registration required).
Find a county-by-county list of testing sites by clicking here.