COVID-19 Testing Locations Release Holiday Schedules

Local COVID-19 testing locations, including Project Beacon’s appointment-based COVID-19 testing at New Bedford Regional Airport, are changing their upcoming schedules to accommodate the Christmas and New Year holidays.

All local COVID-19 vaccine and testing locations will be closed on Dec. 24, Dec. 25, and Dec. 31, 2021, and on Jan. 1, 2022.

Project Beacon, part of the state’s Stop the Spread program and located at 1569 Airport Road, will add hours from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 22, but will shorten its hours on Thursday, Dec. 23, when it will be open from 8 a.m. to noon.

Project Beacon will repeat that adjusted schedule the following week, adding hours from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 29, but shortening its hours on Thursday, Dec. 30, when it will be open from 8 a.m. to noon.

Appointments for free COVID-19 tests can be made at beacontesting.com. Airport officials ask that people reach the site via the airport’s side entrance on Downey Street.

Project Beacon’s normal testing hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays; and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The free COVID-19 testing clinic at former Fire Station 11, located at 754 Brock Ave. and operated by Seven Hills, will have shorter Thursday hours on Dec. 23 and Dec. 30, with tests offered only from 8 a.m. to noon both days.  

Other testing sites in New Bedford and surrounding towns can be found on the state’s Stop the Spread website, www.mass.gov/info-details/find-a-covid-19-test.

Holiday testing locations in New Bedford include:

Sunday, Dec. 19:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 20:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Former Fire Station 11 (754 Brock Ave.) – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 21:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Former Fire Station 11 (754 Brock Ave.) – 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 22:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Seven Hills at PAACA (360 Coggeshall St.) – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 23:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  • Former Fire Station 11 (754 Brock Ave.) – 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

TESTING SITES CLOSED ON CHRISTMAS EVE, CHRISTMAS DAY

Sunday, Dec. 26:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 27:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Former Fire Station 11 (754 Brock Ave.) – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 28:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Former Fire Station 11 (754 Brock Ave.) – 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 29:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Seven Hills at PAACA (360 Coggeshall St.) – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 30:

  • Project Beacon at New Bedford Regional Airport (1569 Airport Road) – 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  • Former Fire Station 11 (754 Brock Ave.) – 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

TESTING SITES CLOSED ON NEW YEAR’S EVE, NEW YEAR’S DAY