Bowen Center is shifting its COVID-19 testing service to Center Lake Pavilion in Warsaw. InkFreeNews file photo.

Staff Report

WARSAW – Bowen Center has announced that beginning Monday, April 4, it will move its COVID-19 testing site in Warsaw from the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds to the Central Park Pavilion on East Canal Street.

Hours are also being reduced to one day a week. That will be each Monday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The testing site will be closed on the Monday before election day, May 2, and on Memorial Day, May 30.

The free, drive-up testing site started to see a decrease in tests administered in mid-January and has seen a steady decline since. Should demand increase, the Center will reevaluate and increase hours as warranted at the Central Park location.

English/Spanish language technicians are available to administer the tests, which are free and available to anyone two years old and up. Appointments, doctor’s referrals and insurance are not necessary. For more information, call (574) 372-3517 or (574) 372-2353.

The COVID-19 testing site opened in October 2020 and has been one of the highest volume state-sponsored test sites in Indiana.

The drive-through site is operated by Bowen Center and Bowen Health Clinic on behalf of the Indiana Department of Health and the Kosciusko County Health Department, with assistance from the Northern Indiana Hispanic Health Coalition, Ivy Tech Community College – Warsaw, Kosciusko Community Hospital, WJ Carey Construction, the Kosciusko County Fair Board, Wildman Business Group and DM Trump Construction LLC.