State offering free coronavirus tests to protesters

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Every Tuesday and Wednesday for the rest of the month, free COVID-19 testing is available at four Twin Cities sites for people who took part in large protest gatherings in reaction to the death of George Floyd.

Here are the sites:

Holy Trinity Church, 2730 E. 31st Street, Minneapolis

Sabathani Community Center, 310 E. 38th Street, Minneapolis

New Salem Baptist Church, 2507 Bryant Avenue N., Minneapolis

Jimmy Lee Recreation Center, 270 Lexington Parkway N., St. Paul

State health department officials say testing starts at noon on those days and appointments must be made at www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/testsites.html