Free COVID testing site opening this week

PRESS RELEASE – North Georgia residents will have an additional option for getting free, drive-through COVID-19 testing at the Women’s Center building at the CHI Memorial Hospital Georgia campus, 100 Gross Crescent Circle, Fort Oglethorpe, beginning Tuesday, February 1.

This newest testing site is made possible through a partnership with the Catoosa County Board of Commissioners, Georgia Department of Public Health, LTS, and CHI Memorial Hospital Georgia.

It will provide no cost, drive-through COVID-19 testing on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

No prior registration is required for the PCR tests that are performed by self-administered nasal swabs to determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

There are no eligibility requirements. Results will typically be available by email or text message within 36 hours of taking the tests.

Anyone who has COVID-19 type symptoms or has been in close contact recently with a person infected with the virus needs to be tested for COVID-19, even if they are fully vaccinated.

The Fort Oglethorpe location is in addition to the drive-through testing site at The Colonnade, 264 Catoosa Circle, Ringgold, which continues to provide free tests on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Emma Dunn