TestMV will close its doors on March 31, after administering close to 48,000 Covid tests since opening on June 1, 2020.
TestMV, the Island’s free coronavirus testing site, will close at the end of March, some 22 months after it launched to overwhelming demand at the start of the pandemic.
Due to expected severe winter weather conditions, TestMV will delay opening until nooon on Monday, Jan 17.
Islanders are queuing up in large numbers for Covid-19 tests and booster shots, as an early winter case surge swells on the Vineyard and public health officials keep close eye on the numbers.
TestMV, the Island’s free test site for Covid-19, will move to the Agricultural Hall on the Panhandle in West Tisbury, starting Monday.
TestMV — the Island’s free testing site — has also received approval to move from the West Tisbury School to the Agricultural Hall, with the facility seeing a rise in test recipients in recent weeks.