Shalem Healing offering COVID-19 testing Wednesday, June 17th

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Shalem Healing offering COVID-19 testing Wednesday, June 17th

Shalem Healing offering COVID-19 testing Wednesday, June 17th

June 16, 2020 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

Shalem Healing will be offering walk-up and drive-up COVID-19 testing on Wednesday, June 17th from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. in the Bader parking lot at 3300 N. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Those wishing to be tested should enter the parking lot via N. 5th St. The tests are being conducted by Shalem Healing.

What: FREE COVID-19 nasal and blood testing at

Bader Philanthropies, Inc.

When: 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17th

Where: 3300 N. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. (parking lot)

Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

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