23 Jan TMC: COVID-19 Testing, Who, When & Where!
For more information about COVID-19 resources, visit Tellmed.org/covidguide.
Eight things to know about the Covid-19 vaccine.
For updates on corona in the Telluride region, go to tellmed.org/coronavirus. And for San Miguel County updates, go here.
Donate to the Telluride Med Center’s Covid-19 Fund here. With the pandemic surging everywhere and a new, interim facility to deal with all things Covid at Telluride Science’s Depot building, now more than ever the Med Center needs your support.
Here’s everything you need to know about local COVID-19 testing options:
If you’re symptomatic you should be evaluated. If you or anyone in your household has symptoms of COVID-19, the entire household should isolate and immediately make plans to have a medical evaluation and necessary tests at the Telluride Regional Medical Center’s Interim Depot Clinic.
COVID-19 Symptoms: Fever, chills, temperature of 100.4 or higher, loss of smell, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, runny nose or congestion, muscle or body aches, headache, fatigue, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.
If you’re asymptomatic but would like to get tested for COVID-19 there are several local options, all are free, and you will not be required to show ID.
Free COVID-19 Saliva Testing San Miguel County
• Mondays and Tuesdays, 7am-2pm, Park and Ride at 130 Society Drive, in Telluride. Appointment required. Register here.
Public Health Free Testing
• Tuesdays, 11am-1:30pm at Norwood Pig Palace at the Fairgrounds. Register here.
• Wednesdays, 10am-12pm at Telluride Carhenge Parking Lot, Register here.
• Wednesdays, 2-4pm at Mountain Village Gondola Parking Garage next to Town Hall. Register here.
Telluride Regional Medical Center
• Thursday and Fridays by appointment only. Call the med center, 970.728.3848, or send a portal message to make an appointment.
COVID-19 tests are free anywhere you receive one. The cost of an evaluation may be covered under the Cares Act, insurance or a financial aid program offered by our clinic. Please, if you think you may have COVID-19, don’t let cost get in the way of your seeking an evaluation.
At present, test results are being returned within 3 – 5 business days, but are always contingent to change based on Fed Ex schedules and demands on laboratories.
Even with more testing options, we still can’t test our way out of this crisis. The best way to protect your family and slow the spread of this deadly disease is to limit travel and contact with others.
New testing options does allow for our team to prioritize medical evaluation and testing for symptomatic patients, to focus on vaccination efforts and to keep patients on course with annual exams and well child check-ups, immunizations, contraceptive care, mental health care, colposcopies and chronic disease management.
Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.