Peterborough Regional Health Centre Adds Three Extra Days For COVID-19 Testing Pop-Up Clinic

Three additional days of a COVID-19 testing pop-up clinic by Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) and Peterborough Public Health (PPH) have been scheduled at St. Peter’s Secondary School announced Tuesday.

PRHC had run the clinic from Dec. 23 to 25 however the demand for COVID-19 testing has been extremely high in the past few weeks due to the Omicron variant.

It continues to spread across Ontario and confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Peterborough area have increased significantly according to the PRHC.

The details for the pop-up testing location are as follows:

Criteria for testing at this site:

  • You have been identified as a high-risk contact and directed to receive testing by Peterborough Public Health, Public Health Ontario or Provincial Work Force

  • You have COVID-19 symptoms

  • You have received a positive result on a rapid antigen test

Testing services continue to be offered through PRHC’s COVID-19 Assessment Centre however demand continues to be extremely high as stated by PRHC. 

More information about booking a test through the COVID-19 Assessment Centre can be found here:
https://www.prhc.on.ca/about-us/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/getting-tested-for-covid19/

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