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Rapid Coronavirus Tests Available To Travelers At RI Airport

The Rhode Island National Guard set up a station, with results available within 15 minutes, at the south baggage claim.

Both arriving and departing travelers can get tested at the airport.
Both arriving and departing travelers can get tested at the airport. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)

WARWICK, RI — Travelers at T.F. Green Airport again have access to free, rapid COVID-19 tests at the terminal. Both departing and arriving passengers will have the opportunity to get tested at the station, which is set up in the baggage claim area.

The Rhode Island National Guard is offering testing services from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week, with results provided on-site within 15 minutes. The testing area is set up at the south baggage claim.

This is not the first time rapid coronavirus testing has been offered at the airport the weekend of the Thanksgiving holiday, testing was made available in an effort to identify and quickly isolate positive COVID-19 cases.

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