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Pop-Up Rapid COVID-19 Testing Sites Coming To Central Indiana This Week

A rendering of one of QuestCap's COVID-19 testing cubes.
A rendering of one of QuestCap's COVID-19 testing cubes.

Five new same-day COVID-19 testing sites based in temporary cube-like kiosks will be up and running across Indiana by the end of this week.

Representatives from investment company QuestCap said via email that two testing cubes will go live by Friday at Simon Malls in Indianapolis and Greenwood, while the other three will deploy at Sandor properties in Indianapolis and Brownsburg.

Before insurance, antibody tests cost $59 and diagnostic tests are $179.

QuestCap subsidiary Collection Sites works with San Diego-based Alcala Labs to administer and process COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody tests. Collection Sites currently operates “Test Before You Go” cubes in California and Nevada.

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QuestCap plans for 32 additional testing cubes to go live around the state by mid-December – including two in Bloomington. Collection Sites COO Tim Shelburn previously said the Bloomington cubes would go live by Nov. 18

For the latest news and resources about COVID-19, bookmark our Coronavirus In Indiana page  here .

Emma Atkinson is a reporter for WTIU and WFIU News and the anchor of regional newscasts for All Things Considered. She's originally from Champaign, Ill. and graduated from IU with a Bachelor's degree in journalism in 2019. Emma has previously worked as a reporter in Kampala, Uganda and Ketchikan, Alaska.