CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) – BayCare Health System announced it is launching drive-through testing for novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, on Tuesday.
Starting Wednesday, BayCare patients who have been instructed by their doctor to be tested for the virus will be able to be testing without leaving their cars.
BayCare is transforming seven BayCare Urgent Care locations across West Central Florida into drive-through testing centers.
BayCare warns the service will be limited to only those BayCare patients who meet CDC testing guidelines.
The service will be operated seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The testing locations are as followed:
- BayCare Urgent Care (Carillon)
- 900 Carillon Parkway, Suite. 106, St. Petersburg, FL 33716
- BayCare Urgent Care (New Port Richey)
- 4821 U.S. Highway 19, New Port Richey, FL 34652
- BayCare Urgent Care (Countryside)
- 3351 N. McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater, FL 33761
- BayCare Urgent Care (Tampa)
- 3440 W. Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd., Suite 100, Tampa, FL 33607
- BayCare Urgent Care (New Tampa)
- 17512 Dona Michelle Drive, Suite 5, Tampa, FL 33647
- BayCare Urgent Care (Bloomingdale)
- 2442 Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico, FL 33596
- BayCare Urgent Care (Haines City)
- 36245 U.S. Highway 27, Haines City, FL 33844
BayCare is additionally closing several BayCare Laboratory Patient Service Centers to create the resources to staff the testing sites.
Patients can go online to check which BayCare Urgent Care centers and laboratories remain open.
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