Testing Sites

• Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart- Due to decreased demand for testing and lower rates of COVID-19 in the community, Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart will close its drive-thru COVID-19 testing centers after April 1.
  
• Ascension Sacred Heart will continue to provide COVID-19 testing at its Urgent Care Centers in Pensacola and Pace. The Urgent Care Center on Highway 29 in Pensacola and the Urgent Care Center on Highway 90 in Pace are open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (The Urgent Care Centers will reduce their hours on Easter Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
  
• Ascension Sacred Heart stands ready to ramp up drive-thru testing if there is another spike of the virus in the community.
  
• Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart opened the first regional drive-through testing center for COVID-19 on Monday, March 16, 2020. The schedule for Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart’s drive-through center in Pensacola provides community testing for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) are:

  • COVID-19 rapid testing  Appointments are available for Escambia County residents who are 3 months and older and are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. Patients desiring COVID-19 testing through Ascension Sacred Heart's locations in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties should pre-register online by visiting: www.getsacredheartcare.com.to be pre-screened and scheduled (if eligible) or call Community Health Northwest Florida at 850-390- 4276. Rapid testing is offered for symptomatic individuals by appointment only. 

• Community Health Northwest Florida — If you don't have a healthcare provider or health insurance, call Community Health Northwest Florida at 850-436-4630. 

  To request a Covid-19 rapid test appointment at a Community Health Northwest Florida testing site, individuals no longer need to call the Ascension Sacred Heart Call Center.

  Instead, individuals may now call the CHNWF designated Testing phone line: 850-390- 4276 and speak directly to a CHNWF team member, who will be able pre-screen and schedule patients for Covid-19 rapid tests as well as provide general testing information.

  Please check the Community Health Northwest Florida Facebook page for updates and additional information.
  • Community Health Northwest Florida now offers drive-through COVID-19 testing 3 days per week from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
    
    • Mondays at 2315 W. Jackson St., Pensacola
    • Wednesdays at Cantonment Pediatrics, 470 S. US Hwy 29 in Cantonment
    • Fridays at 2315 W. Jackson St., Pensacola

  • For send out tests, no appointment is required.

  • For rapid tests (for symptomatic individuals), appointment is required; please call the CHNWF Covid-19 testing call center at 850-390-4276.

• Baptist Health Care - Call the screening center at 850-434-4080 Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to determine if you need an appointment. Online assessment screenings are also available at eBaptistHealthCare.org or by texting “Screen” to 850-318-3080. The online assessment screening is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.   

• FDOH-Escambia- The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County (FDOH-Escambia) will suspend specimen collection for COVID-19 offered to Florida residents. Closure of the testing site will support ongoing COVID-19 contact tracing efforts needed to mitigate community spread and risk of infection to others. COVID-19 testing sites continue to be available at several locations in Escambia County, allowing FDOH-Escambia to focus efforts on contact tracing needs.

• OneBlood is testing all blood donations for the COVID-19 antibody. The antibody test is authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and will indicate if the donor’s immune system has produced antibodies to the virus, regardless of whether they ever showed symptoms. Appointments to donate are required. Masks are required to be worn by all blood donors. You may wear your own or we will provide one for you if needed. To protect our team members and other donors, please do not present to donate if you are not feeling well or have a fever. Please stay home and consider donating once you feel better.

Vaccination

Beginning Monday, April 5, all individuals age 18 and older will be eligible to receive the vaccine. The only vaccine currently authorized for 16- and 17-year-olds is the Pfizer vaccine, which will be available to them in Florida. (Governor's Office News Release)

Floridians are encouraged to pre-register at www.myvaccine.fl.gov. Once pre-registered, they’ll be contacted when the vaccine is available in their area. Floridians can also call the vaccine preregistration phone number for their county, listed HERE. 

Watch the Governor’s announcement by clicking HERE.

To date, more than 1,500 homebound seniors have been vaccinated by state strike teams. The state is launching a new way for homebound seniors to sign up to have the vaccine come directly to them. Please email HomeboundVaccine@em.myflorida.com to put in your request.

Escambia County Emergency Management

Adults 18 years and older can walk in without a vaccination appointment at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 800 E Nine Mile Road in Pensacola from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, April 12. Follow-up doses will be administered May 10. Must be a Florida resident.

Ascension Sacred Heart

• As the State of Florida moves to make residents of any age eligible for COVID-19 vaccine, Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart will provide a series of vaccination clinics in Pensacola that will be open to anyone 18 and older.

• Clinics will be held at Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola on April 5 (8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.), April 8 (8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.), April 10 (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.), April 16 (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.), April 17 (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.), and April 19 (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.). Online appointments can be made at www.GetSacredHeartCare.com. The clinics will offer either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, which require two shots about 3-4 weeks apart.

Baptist Health Care

• Vaccination Appointments Available at Baptist Health Care

  Baptist Health Care has ample supplies of COVID-19 vaccine and is offering appointments the week of April 5 at Baptist Medical Park – Nine Mile located at 9400 University Parkway in Pensacola, Baptist Medical Park – Navarre located at 8888 Navarre Parkway in Navarre, and Andrews Institute located at 1040 Gulf Breeze Highway in Gulf Breeze. Vaccinations will be given by appointment only. No walk-ins will be available.

  Beginning April 5, all Florida residents age 18 or older will be eligible to receive the vaccine. 

  How to Make a Vaccination Appointment

  Appointments can be made one of three ways:

  • Visit EasySchedule.com. Click “procedure appointment” and complete the registration.
  • Email name and contact information to BHCVaccine@bhcpns.org.
  • For those who do not have email/internet access, call 850.908.SHOT (7468), Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Community Health Northwest Florida 

Community Health Northwest Florida is holding a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Pensacola the week of April 5 at the Brownsville Community Center. Appointments are required for most clinics. Eligible persons who wish to participate in one of these events should call the Community Health COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center at 850-439-3358 to schedule an appointment.

Friday, April 16