The following list details free COVID-19 community testing sites and events offered across Hamilton County. The Health Department operates the Bonnyshire site and the Homeless Healthcare Center site, and has partnered with Clinica Medicos and Cempa to provide support for their testing operations. These sites only test for current COVID-19 infection. They do not test for the COVID-19 antibody. The Health Department has created a web page on their website to list testing sites around the county, they will be updated as the information becomes available.
Hamilton County Health Department Testing Site – Bonnyshire – Bonny Oaks
7460 Bonnyshire Drive, Chattanooga, TN 37416
Monday – Friday, 9:00am-10:30am, maximum 125 tests per day.
Open to the public without an appointment.
Call the COVID-19 hotline at (423)-209-8383 for questions.
Homeless Healthcare Center (Hamilton County Health Department campus on 11th Street)
Daily 7:30 am – 4:30 pm
Homeless/Transient clients. Details: (423) 209-5800
Clinica Medicos – 1300 E. 23rd Street
Open for drive through and walk up testing daily. Please call (423) 760-4000 to make an appointment.
More information: https://www.clinicamedicos.org/
Cempa Community Cares Mobile Testing Site
For more information, please call: (423) 265-2273
https://www.cempa.org/latest-news/
The Hamilton County Health Department partners with various organizations to offer the following “pop-up” community COVID-19 testing events across Hamilton County.
Monday, May 18; 10:00 am – 2:30 pm
Mary Walker Towers
No appointment needed.
Partnering Organizations: UTC School Of Nursing
Tuesday, May 19; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Eastwood Manor
Partnering Organizations: UTC School Of Nursing
Wednesday, May 20
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Avondale YFD Center
No appointment needed.
Partnering Organization: CEMPA
12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Homeless Healthcare Center (Hamilton County Health Department campus on 11th Street)
Walk-up for homeless/transient. No appointment needed.
Wednesday, May 20 through Friday, May 22
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Parking lot of Camp Jordan Park, 323 Camp Jordan Parkway, East Ridge, TN
Scheduling an appointment via www.krogerhealth.com/covidtesting is required to receive a test.
Partnering organizations: Kroger, City of East Ridge, Cherokee Health Systems
Thursday, May 21
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Whiteside Faith Manor
No appointment needed
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Emma Wheeler Homes
East Lake Courts
Partnering Organizations: UTC School Of Nursing
Friday, May 22
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Riverview
Partnering Organization: UTC School Of Nursing/CHI Memorial
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
College Hill Courts at James A. Henry School Gym
Greenwood Terrace at Community Room on Dee Drive
Residents from Missionary Heights, Fairmount Apartments, Cromwell Hills Apartments, Woodside Apartments, Glenwood North and East are all invited to get tested at Greenwood Terrace. Walk-up and drive-thru
Partnering Organizations: UTC School Of Nursing/CHI Memorial
Wednesday, May 27
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Homeless Healthcare Center (Hamilton County Health Department campus on 11th Street)
Walk-up for homeless/transient, no appointment needed.
For COVID-19 information, visit the Health Department’s COVID-19 Community Testingwebpage or call the hotline at 209-8383.
