![]() With the omicron variant setting regular new pandemic records and COVID-19 tests in high demand, the COVID situation is changing quickly. Based in Mount Washington, KY, they are committed to be an industry leader in cutting-edge instrumentation and testing methodologies.Watch Video: COVID-19: What to do next if you test positive Urgent Care Centers are also offering COVID-19 testing.įor information on more testing sites go to: /COVID-19.īluewater Diagnostic Laboratory has been recognized by the state of Kentucky for expanding the state’s COVID-19 testing capacity. Online registration is required at /coronavirus.įinally, most healthcare providers are offering testing options for their patients. Tests will continue while test kits are available. Appointments are required and can be made by visiting .ĭrive-thru testing is also available seven days a week at the Walgreen’s testing location at 2296 Executive Drive (the corner of Winchester Road and Executive Drive). Free drive-thru testing is available to the public from 8 a.m.-4 p.m., seven days a week. Results are generally available in 48-72 hours.Īdditionally, through a partnership with the University of Kentucky, UK HealthCare and Wild Health, testing is available at 1505 College Way and 1350 Bull Lea Road. Health insurance information may be requested, but is not required, to receive testing. No appointment is necessary.īluewater Diagnostic Laboratory, which also administers testing at Mayor’s Mobile Neighborhood Testing Program locations, is offering tests at no cost to the patient. Testing is available 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Testing is available, without appointment, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Thursday.įree drive-thru testing also continues, through Bluewater Diagnostic Laboratory, at Southland Christian Church, 2349 Richmond Road. Starting this week, free drive-thru testing is also available to the public at Bluegrass Community and Technical College, 500 Newtown Pike, through Bluewater Diagnostic Laboratory. Testing at Valley Park is available from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday, September 2 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Thursday, September 3 and Noon-8 p.m., Friday, September 4. This week the Mayor’s Mobile Neighborhood Testing Program is returning to Valley Park at 2077 Cambridge Drive, in the Cardinal Valley neighborhood. Nearly 10,000 free tests have been administered in the 28 days mobile testing sites have been active. The Mayor’s Mobile Neighborhood Testing Program has been an important part of making testing available across the City. MAYOR’S MOBILE NEIGHBORHOOD TESTING PROGRAM ![]() Being tested for COVID-19 helps our health department contain and reduces the community spread of the virus. Some people have it and don’t know they have it because they have no symptoms. “By being tested, our community can work together to keep the virus from spreading to those who may suffer serious complications from COVID-19,” Gorton said. ![]() There were 1,702 total in July.ĭespite the increasing case numbers, the number of tests being administered at free public testing sites has dropped in the past few weeks. ![]() There were 2,538 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the month of August. If you don’t have symptoms, consider testing if you are in close contact of someone with COVID-19, at high risk for severe disease because of your age or chronic conditions, or you are part of the critical infrastructure workforce, like a first responder. The City and the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department agree: testing is recommended if you have fever or symptoms, or if your healthcare provider has advised it. Let’s reverse that trend,” Mayor Linda Gorton said today. As COVID-19 case numbers are going up in Lexington, test numbers at free public testing sites are going down.
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