Healthy Connections will wrap up the first phase of its mass Covid-19 testing with a pop-up event on Tuesday, June 23 in Hot Springs Village.

The free drive-through testing event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cordoba Center near the West Gate. No health insurance is required or needed. Patients will be tested from their vehicles. This will be the second pop-up testing event held in Hot Springs Village and the 15th overall since the tour began in late May.

This test is the simple test. While it remains a nasal swab, the test is reported by most patients to be painless. See an example of the test and how it is given at www.GetTestedFree.com.

Healthy Connections has tested nearly 2,000 people in 10 counties over the past month. This included a previous stop in Hot Springs Village on May 28. After this pop-up testing event, Healthy Connections will resume its testing tour with a stop on July 8 at The Centre at Forest Lakes in Hot Springs.

Any business that wishes to have Healthy Connections come on-site to mass test their employees can visit www.healthy-connections.org/testus to fill out your contact information. Healthy Connections will then attempt to work your business into our schedule.

Patients can also be tested in any Healthy Connections clinic both for Covid-19 and Covid-19 antibodies. Call 888-710-8220 for clinic appointments at locations in Little Rock, Hot Springs, Malvern, Arkadelphia, Mount Ida, Mena, and De Queen. Visit www.healthy-connections.org to find the location nearest to you.

Healthy Connections clinics are open, safe, healthy, and here for the communities they serve. The Healthy Connections community health network is a federally-qualified health center (FQHC). Healthy Connections and Evolve Behavioral Health both accept Medicaid, ARKids 1st, Medicare, and most private health insurance. There is also a sliding-fee scale for patients without health insurance who qualify. Medicaid patients may be required to switch their primary care provider to Healthy Connections before they can be seen. Learn more about Healthy Connections at www.healthy-connections.org.