{"id":50478,"date":"2020-11-12T13:21:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T20:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/where-to-go-for-a-coronavirus-test-in-cortez-and-durango\/"},"modified":"2020-11-12T20:21:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T20:21:01","slug":"where-to-go-for-a-coronavirus-test-in-cortez-and-durango","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/where-to-go-for-a-coronavirus-test-in-cortez-and-durango\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to go for a coronavirus test in Cortez and Durango"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Southwest Memorial Hospital recently completed a $32 million expansion.<\/span>Courtesy Nunn Construction<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Southwest Health System<\/em>Southwest Memorial Hospital, 1311 North Mildred St., Cortez, offers COVID-19 testing in a drive-thru clinic near at the EMS Building on the northwest section of the campus. Masks are required and tests are conducted while people remain in their vehicles.<\/p>\n

The drive-thru clinic is open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.<\/p>\n

The test is free with health insurance. A $5 processing fee is charged to people without health insurance.<\/p>\n

Cedar Diagnostics<\/em>Cedar Diagnostics provides testing sites in Durango, Cortez and Pagosa Springs. Tests cost $50 in Durango and Cortez, but most health insurance policies cover the fee. For those without health insurance, Cedar Diagnostics provides other options.<\/p>\n

Durango, Cortez<\/div>\n

Durango and Cortez residents should make appointments online on Cedar Diagnostics\u2019 website www.cedardx.com\/index.php\/covid-19\/<\/a> from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays to Fridays.<\/p>\n

Cedar Diagnostics\u2019 Durango office is located at 450 South Camino del Rio, Suite 105. The office in Cortez is at 1011 North Mildred St.<\/p>\n

Pagosa Springs<\/div>\n

Pagosa Springs residents should make appointments by calling 372-0456 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays to Fridays and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.<\/p>\n

No referrals or doctors\u2019 orders are needed, and testing is open to all. No fee for tests are charged in Pagosa Springs.<\/p>\n

Antibody testing<\/div>\n

Anyone who suspects past exposure, infection and recovery from the virus and is not actively contagious can get antibody testing at Cedar Diagnostics.<\/p>\n

The fee for antibody testing is $30<\/p>\n

For more information about the COVID-19 antibody tests offered by Cedar Diagnostics go to https:\/\/booking.appointy.com\/cedardiagnostics\/locations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the Durango and Cortez patient service centers, make an appointment online at https:\/\/booking.appointy.com\/cedardiagnostics\/locations<\/a>. For the Pagosa Springs patient service center, call 372-0456.<\/p>\n

SJBPH Community Testing Site<\/em>San Juan Basin Public Health provides free nasal swab testing to anyone with COVID-19 symptoms or anyone who suspects exposure to the virus. SJBPH recommends waiting five or seven days after suspected exposure before testing to avoid false negative results.<\/p>\n

The site is provided in cooperation with Animas Surgical Hospital, Axis Health System and Mercy Regional Medical Center.<\/p>\n

The testing site closes promptly at 4:30 p.m., so early arrival is encouraged.<\/p>\n

Normal times and dates: 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays and Saturdays.<\/em>Expanded hours: For Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday this week, expanded hours from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will be offered.<\/em>Location: Durango Public Library overflow parking lot, East Third Avenue and 20th Street.<\/em>Durango School District 9-R<\/em>Cedar Diagnostics, a Durango medical laboratory, provides emergency testing to Durango School District 9-R staff members and students 24 hours a day, seven days a week at no cost to students or district employees on 9-R\u2019s health insurance.<\/p>\n

Results are generally returned within three days.<\/p>\n

As needed, 9-R and Cedar Diagnostics have been scheduling quick-access, drive-thru testing at schools that report COVID-19 issues.<\/p>\n

Fort Lewis College<\/em>FLC students and employees can go to www.fortlewis.edu\/covid19testing<\/a> to register for a free test. Registration is encouraged, but walk-ins will be queued.<\/p>\n

Testing is offered from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays to Fridays and from 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays for FLC students and employees in the parking lot for the football stadium, Roy Dennison Memorial Field.<\/p>\n

FLC is offering testing to certain first responders and other community partners from 7 to 8 a.m. Mondays to Fridays in the football stadium parking lot and from 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Southwest Memorial Hospital recently completed a $32 million expansion.Courtesy Nunn Construction Southwest Health SystemSouthwest Memorial Hospital, 1311 North Mildred St., Cortez, offers COVID-19 testing in a drive-thru clinic near at the EMS Building on the northwest section of the campus. Masks are required and tests are conducted while people remain in their vehicles. The drive-thru […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-50478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50478"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=50478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}