November 30, 2020 – Drive-in COVID-19 testing begins at Split Ferry Port this morning. A closer look into opening day.
Drive-in COVID-10 testing has begun at the Split Ferry Port on the external berth for cruisers.
Dalmatinski Portal reported that on opening morning, there were no significant crowds (yet). Cars enter from the east where they form a row and wait in line. A pedestrian passage is provided for walk-ins on the north side. Ferry port workers are on hand to assist with instructions.
Citizens started arriving at 7 am, and even before the testing began, over 20 cars were waiting in line. By the way, there are two queues for testing, one where you come by car, the other where citizens can come on foot.
The new testing center is open from 7 am to 1 pm, the Split-Dalmatia County Civil Protection Headquarters announced on Sunday.
Drive-in COVID-19 testing is available to patients who have ordered tests exclusively online with a referral.
Testing from Križine Hospital has been transferred to the Split Ferry Port, so there will be no testing at Križine as of Monday, T.portal added.
Slobodna Dalamacija reports that many Split residents continued coming to Križine for testing, even though they were informed not to.
“Everyone who has been referred through their family doctors must go to the City Port for testing. But many did not listen and came to NZJZ where a huge crowd was created,” said Željka Karin, director of NZJZ.
Sources: Dalmatinski Portal, Dalmacija Danas, T.portal
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