PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Health Systems is reducing hours at its COVID-19 testing facilities in North Adams and Pittsfield in light of waning demand for PCR testing. 

 

Starting Monday, Aug. 15, the centers' hours will be 8:30 to 4 weekdays only. Both sites will be closed on weekends.

 

In North Adams, vaccinations will continue on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:30 to 4. 

 

Vaccination hours in Pittsfield will be Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 to 4, with a pediatric vaccination clinic the first Saturday of each month for ages 6 months to 5 years old, from 8 to noon and ages 5 years to 11 years from 12:30 to 4 p.m. 

 

The Fairview Hospital Testing Center, located at 475 Main St. in Great Barrington, next to the Police Department, will remain open seven days a week from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

 

Individuals who are symptomatic for COVID-19 on weekends and wish to be evaluated by a provider and tested can visit BHS Urgent Care, open daily from 8 to 8.

 

The BHS Testing & Vaccine Center in Pittsfield is at 505 East St., St. Luke's Square, adjacent to BHS Urgent Care. The North Adams Center is at 98 Church St., next to the city library.