CONWAY — Memorial Hospital has announced it will reopen its COVID-19 testing center on Monday, Aug. 9.
The center, located in the rear of the hospital campus near the emergency department, will test symptomatic people as well as those showing no symptoms of COVID from 7 a.m.-3 p.m., Mondays-Fridays.
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