Department of health releases list of COVID-19 testing sites
Published 6:44 pm Sunday, March 22, 2020
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JACKSON — The Mississippi State Department of Health announced Sunday an active list of local COVID-19 testing sites throughout the state.
“The list has been provided to MSDH from local county emergency management agencies and local providers,” a press release from MSDH states. “It will be updated daily when positive cases are updated on the MSDH website (usually mid-morning).”
The press release asks residents to call the facilities before going in for possible testing as procedures will differ from site to site. A fever of 100.4 AND severe cough or chest pain is required to receive testing.
The list of facilities that will be testing starting on Monday is as follows:
Forrest General Hospital – Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg Clinic – Hattiesburg
Gulfport Memorial Hospital – Gulfport
St. Dominic Hospital – Jackson
Itawamba/Med Plus Urgent Care – Fulton
Lee/Med Plus Urgent Care – Tupelo
Memorial Drinkwater Internal Medicine Walk-In Clinic – Bay St. Louis
Memorial Long Beach Walk-In Clinic – Long Beach
Memorial Physician Walk-In Clinics – Walmart – Biloxi
Memorial Primary Care Cedar Lake – Biloxi
Memorial Stone County Medical Center – Wiggins
Memorial Surgery Center of Ocean Springs – Ocean Springs
Neshoba General Hospital – Philadelphia
North Mississippi Medical Center – Tupelo
Singing River Health System Clinics – Ocean Springs
Singing River Health System Clinics – Pascagoula
Singing River Health System Clinics – Hurley
Singing River Health System Clinics – Vancleave
Singing River Health System Clinics – Woolmarket
For contact information for these facilities, visit http://HealthyMS.com/covid-19. Keep up with the latest COVID-19 information by downloading the free MS Ready mobile app.
Follow MSDH by e-mail and social media at HealthyMS.com/connect.