MA Closing Last COVID-19 'Stop The Spread Testing' Sites
The remaining handful of free PCR testing sites in Massachusetts will close down in March. WORCESTER, MA — One of the state's last remaining pandem...
The remaining handful of free PCR testing sites in Massachusetts will close down in March. WORCESTER, MA — One of the state's last remaining pandemic-era healthcare programs will end in March. By March 30, the remaining 11 "Stop the Spread" COVID-19 testing sites will close in Massachusetts, marking the end of a free testing program that once had more than 40 locations across the state. State officials are citing a decline in demand for PCR testing — seen as the gold-standard for coronavirus testing, and involves a deep swabbing of the nasal passages and waiting several hours for results.