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Holiday operating hours for COVID-19 testing sites

December 14th, 2021

The Ministry of Health is advising the public of the operating times for COVID-19 testing sites during the Christmas and New Year holiday periods.

On Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24th, all testing sites will open from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with the exception of Branford Taitt Polyclinic, which will open from 8:00 a.m. until noon.

On Christmas Day, Saturday, December 25th, only the testing site at the Queen’s Park Steel Shed will operate. It will run from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The Branford Taitt Polyclinic, Black Rock, and Eunice Gibson Polyclinic, Warrens, both in St. Michael, are the two sites which will open on Boxing Day, Sunday, December 26th. They will operate from 8:00 a.m. to noon.

The main testing site at the Wildey Gymnasium, Wildey, St. Michael, is the lone site which will open on Monday, December 27th, (Christmas bank holiday). The hours of operation are 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

From Tuesday, December 28th to Thursday, December 30th, all testing sites will operate as normal.

Then on New Year’s Eve, Friday, December 31st, all of the testing sites will be open but will run from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. with the exception of the Branford Taitt Polyclinic, which will open from 8:00 a.m. until noon.

The Wildey Gymnasium will be the only site open (9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) on Saturday, January 1st, New Year’s Day. The testing site at the Queen’s Park Steel Shed will operate on Sunday, January 2nd, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m..

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