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Walk-thru and drive-thru testing site up and running in Rainier Beach

Originally published April 25, 2020 at 7:10 pmUpdated May 1, 2020 at 9:54 am

Harborview medical assistant Melanie Zamudio puts a sample safely away as a gust of wind comes through Saturday at the Atlantic City Boat Ramp testing site. The site in Rainier Beach is both a drive-up and walk-up testing site for novel coronavirus. The site is the city’s first walk-thru and drive-thru testing site to help those who need to be tested but don’t have a car or a driver’s license. The site is open from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)

Atlantic City Boat Ramp in Rainier Beach is both a drive-up and walk-up testing site for novel coronavirus. The site is the city’s first walk-thru and drive-thru testing site to help those who need to be tested but don’t have a car or a driver’s license. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)

Pritchard Beach resident Margie Nicosia walks up to the site and is tested for the coronavirus Saturday. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)

Harborview medical assistant Melanie Zamudio tests a drive-up patient for coronavirus Saturday at the Atlantic City Boat Ramp testing site. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)

Harborview medical assistant Melanie Zamudio tests for novel coronavirus on a walk-up patient Saturday at the Atlantic City Boat Ramp testing site. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)

Steffanie Tran, medical assistant at Harborview Medical Center, was at the site all day testing patients for coronavirus. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)

A gust of wind takes the cover of the tent for walk-up patients to be tested in Rainier Beach. The weather Saturday went from pouring rain in the morning, to windy and finally, sunny. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)

Nina Daniels, medical assistant for Harborview Medical Center, received flowers from a patient who was tested for the coronavirus Saturday. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)

Harborview medical assistant Melanie Zamudio, right, gives a sample to aphthalmic assistant Tetyana Kondratyuk to be sent off for coronavirus testing Saturday at the Atlantic City Boat Ramp testing site. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)

Amanda Snyder

Seattle Times photo staff

Atlantic City Boat Ramp in Rainier Beach is both a drive-up and walk-up testing site for novel coronavirus. The site is the city’s first walk-thru and drive-thru testing site to help those who need to be tested but don’t have a car or a driver’s license.

Amanda Snyder is a Seattle Times staff photographer. Reach her at asnyder@seattletimes.com.

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