A group of urgent care clinics are now offering curbside COVID-19 testing for children and teens.

Urgent Care for Children offers a coronavirus/COVID-19 test to patients ages 0 to 21 at five clinics around the state: Birmingham, Madison, Tuscaloosa, Trussville and Vestavia Hills.

“During this challenging time for so many, we are in a unique position with our network of clinics to provide a response that helps support our community,” said Bannon Thorpe, Urgent Care for Children CEO.

Parents or patients are encouraged to call the office first to arrange a screening before coming to a clinic. The clinic phone number is 205-848-2273. Testing is offered curbside, rather than in the clinic, to minimize exposure to other patients. The clinic takes a specimen and sends that to an outside lab for processing, with roughly a four-hour turnaround time.

Screenings are also offered via telemedicine on the website, childrensurgent.com.

Otherwise healthy children are not at high risk of severe symptoms from COVID-19, but can transmit the disease to those who are more vulnerable, including the elderly and people with underlying health conditions.

Click here for our updated list of coronavirus testing locations across Alabama.