Following an appeal by Mayor Haim Bibas, MADA (Magen David Adom) and the Health Ministry have set up a "Test and Go" (drive-through) facility which opens today, March 31, 2020 in the Municipal Sports Center parking lot, in order to take samples for diagnostic testing from residents infected with Coronavirus.
Mayor Haim Bibas asked MADA CEO Eli Bean today (31.3.2020) together with the Health Ministry, to set up a "Test and Go" facility to take samples for diagnosing the coronavirus, due to the many cases in the city.
MADA and the municipality will run the testing area which will begin operation this evening.
Residents who are in solitary confinement, who have developed symptoms and who have been summoned by MADA will be tested at the facility.
The facility will operate in the Municipal Sports Center parking lot.
The entrance to the lot is from Emek Zvulun North, and the exit is from Emek Zvulun South.
As detailed here, the entrance to the facility is only for residents who have been summoned to be examined by MADA.
No person should approach unless they have received a summons because, as the municipality has stressed, the area may be infected and therefore it is important not to come near. Residents may only approach in private cars.
The facility itself will be operated by MADA representatives, the testing stands will be secured by city security units who will receive protective gear for this purpose.
How to know if you should come?
Residents should first contact the MADA hotline (Tel: 101). If the MADA representative decides that you need to come to be tested, you will receive an SMS message with a link to fill in your personal information, and after entering these details, you will receive a QR code. Upon receipt of this QR code, you may go to the testing facility, at the specified time, in a private vehicle with the windows closed.
In addition to the mobile phone showing the QR code, you must bring identification.
If the resident is a minor, he / she must come with a parent who will present his / her ID along with the attachment (sefach) containing the child's details. If an adult is in need of assistance during the examination, make sure the accompanying adult is sitting next to him/her in the back seat.
At the entrance to the facility, the phone screen with the received QR code must be displayed. This is the only way to enter the facility and conduct the test. If there are multiple residents to be tested in the same vehicle, the driver must present the codes of everyone present. During the inspection itself, MADA's paramedics will take the specimen and store it in a refrigerator until it is transferred to the laboratory for examination.
MADA wishes to emphasize that at no point in the process should anyone leave the vehicle or open windows, except when requested to do so by a MADA worker.
