Clark County's "Stop, Swab and Go" Event Begins Today

Epidemic concept COVID-19. Coronavirus Test Station. Medical worker in full protective gear takes sample from patient at a COVID-19 drive-thru test site.
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Clark County announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), along with the state of Nevada, to administer up to 60,000 additional drive-through coronavirus tests over 14 days at three separate locations throughout the Las Vegas Valley at no cost to individuals receiving tests.

Clark County and state officials requested the additional resources as part of a federal program offering surge testing in COVID-19 hot spots across the country.

Appointments are not required at any of the three “Stop, Swab & Go” drive-thru sites but are strongly encouraged. The public can register online for an appointment at www.DoINeedaCOVID19Test.com. 

Each site will operate Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. through September 18, providing self-administered nasal swab tests (All three locations will be closed Monday, Sept. 7 in observance of the Labor Day holiday). The tests are free and no proof of health insurance or identification is required. The “Stop, Swab & Go” event will offer drive-thru tests at the locations listed below. The hotel testing sites will be set up in parking garages. The Sam Boyd site will have a drive-thru site set up in its parking lot, and will offer an additional walk-up testing area inside the stadium’s concourse.

  • Fiesta Henderson Hotel and Casino, Lake Mead Pkwy/215 in Henderson 
  • Texas Station Hotel and Casino, Lake Mead/Rancho in North Las Vegas 
  • Sam Boyd Stadium, Russell Road, east of Boulder Highway

The ”Stop, Swab & Go” testing event will occur in conjunction with other community-based testing efforts offered by Clark County and community partners at Cashman Center and the UNLV Thomas & Mack Center Strip View Pavilion and neighborhood strike team testing events.

The Clark County Fire Department and the Nevada National Guard are providing logistical support as part of “Stop, Swab & Go,” while the federal government is providing the test kits, sample collection staff, lab capacity, registration and PPE. Five free face coverings will be offered to individuals receiving testing at each location.

Registrants will need to provide an email address to be notified when their test results will be available online, approximately three to five business days after their test.

To access their results, they will need to set up a username and password on the website. All test results, positive or negative, will be reported to the Southern Nevada Health District.

Anyone notified of a positive test result is encouraged to stay home and self-isolate to limit the spread of the virus. The Health District will follow up only with people who test positive for the virus as part of its local contact tracing and disease investigation efforts.

Providing a current telephone number as part of the testing registration information for the “Stop, Swab & Go” event is critical to local health district contact tracing efforts.