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Free Drive-Through Coronavirus Rapid-Testing on Tuesday in Central Athens

January 4, 2021

By Athens News Agency

A medical staff member of the National Health Organization (EODY) conducts a COVID-19 rapid test on a motorcycle rider at a drive-through testing site in Athens, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A medical staff member of the National Health Organization (EODY) conducts a COVID-19 rapid test on a motorcycle rider at a drive-through testing site in Athens, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

ATHENS — Citizens can be rapid-tested for the coronavirus inside their vehicles (drive-through) on Tuesday morning, at the intersection of Piraeus and Ermou streets, in central Athens, from 10:00 to 15:00.

Medical staff of the National Public Health Organization (EODY) will carry out the rapid-testing.

Citizens must first send #1 to 10333 to receive their outing permit SMS, and must also be able to provide their AMKA social insurance number, their police ID number and their mobile phone number, so as to receive their test result shortly thereafter.

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