The Westbrook Fire Department has shut down its COVID-19 testing clinic at the public safety building, citing a drop in both the number of cases and testing requests.
At its height, the site was conducting over 200 tests a day, but numbers have since dropped to under 100, according to a statement from the fire department on the closure last week.
“For nearly a year and a half Westbrook’s firefighters committed time and energy to support the testing mission,” the statement said. “Since inception, our team conducted more than 50,000 COVID-19 tests. Additionally, we operated vaccine and booster clinics reaching hundreds of citizens.”
Comments are not available on this story. Read more about why we allow commenting on some stories and not on others.
We believe it's important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It's a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others.
We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion.
You can read more here about our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is also found on our FAQs.
Show less