Pop-Up COVID Testing Centre Opens in Hamilton to Add Testing Capacity
Ontario Health West is mobilizing its pop-up COVID-19 testing site in Hamilton starting Thursday, December 23, 2021 to support additional testing in the city.
The demand for testing in Hamilton, as with many regions, is beyond current capacity. Currently, those seeking testing as symptomatic or close contacts of COVID-19 positive individuals are booking many days out, and often there are no appointments available.
The temporary pop-up testing site will be located at Mohawk College, administering up to 1000 tests per day and will operate seven days a week, eight hours a day. Our community will be familiar with the pop-up location as this is the same site as St. Joseph’s testing centre prior to its move to Upper James earlier this month.
The pop-up testing site will add support to Hamilton’s two assessment centres: St. Joe’s Mountain Testing Centre on Upper James and Hamilton Health Sciences COVID-19 Assessment Centre in the West End. The three locations combined will provide up to 2,700 individual tests daily.
In keeping with Ontario Government guidelines, appointments must be made in advance for all testing sites. No walk-ins will be permitted at any Hamilton COVID-19 testing facility. Appointments can be made online by visiting: www.HamiltonCovidTest.ca.
For more information on who his eligible for COVID testing, please go to: https://www.hamilton.ca/coronavirus/covid-19-testing
We remind our community that if you are experiencing COVID symptoms or are a close contact of a COVID-positive individual to follow public health guidelines to isolate in order to limit the spread of COVID-19.
Media Contact:
Christine Cho
Manager, Public Affairs
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
289-442-1660
ccho@stjoes.ca