All 4 state COVID testing sites closed today due to weather; Nashua’s moving soon to Crown Street

(File photo by JEFFREY HASTINGS) Vehicles snake around and out of Nashua's state COVID-19 outdoor fixed vaccination site at 261 Lake St. last week. The site, which is closed today due to the weather, will move to 25 Crown St. starting Friday.
CONCORD — All four state-run COVID-19 outdoor fixed vaccination sites are closed today due to the frigid temperatures, but are expected to reopen Wednesday, when forecasts call for somewhat more seasonable temperatures.
Meanwhile, Nashua’s site, in a St. Joseph Hospital parking lot at 261 Lake St., will be moving across town to 25 Crown St. later this week.
The final day for the Lake Street site is Thursday, with the Crown Street site set to open at 9 a.m. Friday.
Signage will direct motorists to the site, which is a short distance east of the Arlington and Crown streets intersection. The site is on the right just before the Crown Street rail yard.
The other three state-run sites are in Manchester, at the JFK Coliseum, 303 Beech St.; and in Newington and Claremont.
It was decided to close the sites for today “out of an abundance of caution for the health and safety of staff and patients,” according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.
For anyone who planned to visit a test site today, there are still more than 100 options in the form of indoor testing locations throughout the state.
A list of indoor testing locations can be found at
https://www.covid19.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt481/files/inline-documents/sonh/covid-testing-sites.pdf.
For rapid antigen test locations, go to https://www.covid19.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt481/files/inline-documents/sonh/covid-rapid-testing-sites.pdf.
Also, free at-home COVID-19 PCR tests are still available. Individuals can order these tests for their household at https://www.covid19.nh.gov/
For additional and general information, see the DHHS COVID-19 webpage at https://www.covid19.nh.gov/.
Dean Shalhoup may be reached at 594-1256 or dshalhoup@nashuatelegraph.com.