COVID-19 test sites in Hilo and Waimea have confirmed their hours and location, and there will be one pop-up site Monday in Kona.

Drive-up testing at Queen’s North Hawai’i Community Hospital (QNHCH) has returned their COVID-19 testing to the main hospital, and it is now offered 6 days a week – Monday through Saturday, 10 am – 2 pm.   On Thursday, March 19, they did testing at the Primary Care Clinic by Longs Drugs in Waimea but the site proved to be too crowded.

Physician’s orders are not required. Patients are asked to bring ID and insurance information, and to stay in their vehicle; testing takes only a few minutes and is done while the patient stays in the vehicle.  Hospital spokesperson Lynn Scully says it takes 5 to 15 days to get the results.

For more information, visit coronavirus.gov or the State of Hawaii Department of Health new website hawaiicovid19.com or call the Queen’s COVID-19 Information Line at 691-2619.

Hilo Medical Center is open weekdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. HMC does require a lab order from a physician for the test.

Puna Community Medical Center will be open Monday-Friday 9am-4pm excluding state holiday.  (Beginning, Monday, March 23rd).

 

Premier Medical Group Hawaii will conduct a one-day COVID-19 testing at Old Kona Airport on Monday, March 23, 2020 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for individuals who meet the following criteria:

Testing is reserved for those who meet the following criteria:
• Dry Cough and fever (the most common symptoms) but you may have other upper respiratory symptoms.
• If have recently returned from anywhere in Asia or Europe. (China, South Korea, Italy, Spain, Germany, France and Iran represent high risk countries).
• Travel within the US to Washington State highest risk, but all flights from any US destination to Hawaii is moderate risk.
• Working in the health profession.
• Working in a skilled nursing facility.
• Workers in direct contact with waste management, including hotel workers.
• First responders.
• Prisons, jail, correctional facility.
• Working directly with the homeless population.
• Workers involved with tourism, such as: bellmen, front desk, housekeeping, retail, restaurants, TSA agents, flight attendants, airport counters, UBER/CAB drivers and more.

Those who qualify are asked to bring a photo ID and insurance card, if they have one. A physician’s order is not required, but the testing is not for healthy individuals.

Kona Community Hospital spokesperson Judy Donovan says Kona Community Hospital is testing only existing patients, and is not a community testing site.

**photo courtesy North Hawaii Community Hospital