Testing: Bull’s Head, Star of India, Pennos Wharf
The new testing schedule — which is operative as of December 14th — will be a fixed schedule, with testing set to take place at Bull’s Head Car Park in Hamilton, the Star of India in Dockyard, and Pennos’ Wharf in St. George’s.
This was announced at last night’s press conference, with Health Minister Kim Wilson saying: “Our new testing schedule, which is operative as of December 14, will provide testing continuity for our residents as it will not change month by month; it will be a fixed schedule.
“Also, we have added more testing slots. The new locations create more capacity for community and group testing…as well as symptomatic testing,” the Minister said.
“Furthermore, our new locations provide us with shelter from the elements as they can be converted from a drive-through functionality to indoor locations. Currently if it rains, pop-ups have to close; these new locations give us certainty that testing can proceed – rain blow or shine, regardless of the weather.
The new schedule will be as follows:
- Testing on Mondays will take place at Bull’s Head Car Park from 10am until 2pm for non-symptomatic persons and 2pm to 4pm for symptomatic persons.
- On Tuesdays, testing will take place at the Star of India in Dockyard from 11am until 3pm for non-symptomatic persons and 3pm to 5pm for symptomatic persons.
- On Wednesdays, it will take place at Pennos’ Wharf in St. George’s from 11am until 3pm for non-symptomatic persons and 3pm to 5pm for symptomatic persons.
- On Thursdays testing will take place at the Star of India from 11am until 3pm for non-symptomatic persons and 3pm to 5pm for symptomatic persons.
- On Fridays testing will be at Bull’s Head from 10am until 2pm for non-symptomatic persons and 2pm to 4pm for symptomatic persons.
- On Saturday testing will take place at Bull’s Head from 9am until 2pm for non-symptomatic persons and 2pm to 4pm for symptomatic persons.
- And on Sundays testing will take place at Penno’s Wharf from 11am to 5pm for travellers and non-symptomatic persons.
“Persons can go online this evening to book appointments.
“Going forward, there will be no more pop-ups at the MarketPlace. The Ministry of Health would like to deeply thank the MarketPlace for being such a gracious and accommodating partner for the past few months. This partnership has been crucial in the success of our rigorous testing regime,” the Minister said.
A look the recent cumulative testing/results totals to date, the full chart is here on BermudaCovid.com
The Government website noted that “All locations are drive-through however there is also a covered facility in the event of unfavorable weather.”
According to the latest data from WorldoMeters, Bermuda — which has done over 115,000 tests as of this writing — currently ranks as the 5th most tested per capita, putting us in the top 2.3% of the 218 nations and jurisdictions that they rank.
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- All: Our coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic here
- Official: The Bermuda Government website here
- World Stats: Live graph of all cases worldwide here
- Bermuda Stats: Chart of the Bermuda stats here
- Timeline: Visual look at the timeline here
- Comprehensive: Our BermudaCovid.com website here
I was refused a test at southside this morning after waiting in line for 2 hours. They are only testing people that have direct contact with known positives. If you have not been told to get tested they will not test you (unless you lie). There was no communication of this change in availability and i’m sure i wont be the only person who wasted half a day because of a lack of consideration and communication at that testing facility.