{"id":32098,"date":"2020-05-27T08:18:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T12:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=32098"},"modified":"2020-05-27T08:18:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T12:18:03","slug":"covid-19-assessment-centre-to-visit-white-river-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/27\/covid-19-assessment-centre-to-visit-white-river-today\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Assessment Centre to Visit White River Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js_ca\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/101293495_3876328205773917_1297479061429288960_o.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-32099\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/101293495_3876328205773917_1297479061429288960_o-182x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/101293495_3876328205773917_1297479061429288960_o-182x300.png 182w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/101293495_3876328205773917_1297479061429288960_o-364x600.png 364w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/101293495_3876328205773917_1297479061429288960_o-768x1265.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/101293495_3876328205773917_1297479061429288960_o-932x1536.png 932w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/101293495_3876328205773917_1297479061429288960_o-150x247.png 150w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/101293495_3876328205773917_1297479061429288960_o-303x500.png 303w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/101293495_3876328205773917_1297479061429288960_o.png 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/a>The Ontario Government has recently expanded the testing criteria for COVID-19 testing. If you have only one mild symptom you can get tested.<\/p>\n<p>Algoma Public Health states that, &#8220;If you have no symptoms but you are an essential worker or if you think you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, you can get tested.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are four COVID-19 Assessment Centres in the Algoma District. Wawa&#8217;s Assesment Centre is located at the MMCC and you must call for an appointment &#8211; Please note that walk-ins are not accepted, you must call for your appointment.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftCaption\" class=\"fbPhotosPhotoCaption\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"hasCaption\"><strong>The Lady Dunn Health Centre COVID-19 Assessment Centre will be in White River today, Wednesday, May 27 from 10 a.m. &#8211; 3 p.m. at the Northern Neighbours Nurse Practioner-Led Clinic. Call (807)-822-2320 this morning to arrange an appointment. For this Clinic only walk-ins will be accepted.<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click here to download the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.algomapublichealth.com\/media\/3363\/coronavirus-assessment-form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>Coronovirus Assessment Form<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Wawa\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By appointment only; walk-in appointments are strictly prohibited. Not everyone who attends the clinic will be swabbed<\/li>\n<li>In order to receive an appointment, please call: <a href=\"tel:705-856-2244%20ext. 244\">705-856-2244 ext. 244<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"tel:705-856-2244%20ext. 246\">705-856-2244 ext. 246<\/a> the patient will be screened and a telephone interview will be conducted to determine if testing is required.<\/li>\n<li>Hours of operation: Monday &#8211; Friday (8:30 a.m. &#8211; 4:30 p.m.), closed for lunch from 12 p.m. &#8211; 1 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Closed\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>statutory holidays<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Services: Dubreuilville, Hawk Junction, Michipicoten First Nation, Missanabie, Wawa, and White River<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Sault Ste. Marie<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By appointment only.\u00a0Not everyone who attends the clinic will be tested.<\/li>\n<li>Individuals meeting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sah.on.ca\/patients\/coronavirus-2019-ncov\">criteria<\/a> may call the COVID-19 Assessment Centre at <a href=\"tel:705-759-3434 ext. 7152\">705-759-3434 ext. 7152<\/a> between the hours of 8 a.m. \u2013 8 p.m., 7 days per week, instead of presenting to SAH\u2019s Emergency Department.<\/li>\n<li>The patient must give basic information and will be assessed based on the COVID-19 Assessment Centre\u2019s guidelines established by Ontario Health.<\/li>\n<li>Drive-up appointments are now available on-site, call the appointment line for more information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Blind River &amp; Thessalon<br \/>\n<\/strong>(North Shore Health Network)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open 7 days a week, (10 a.m. &#8211; 6 p.m.)<\/li>\n<li>By appointment only; walk-in appointments are strictly prohibited.<\/li>\n<li>In order to receive an appointment please call:\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Blind River:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"tel:705-356-2265%20ext. 2661\">705-356-2265 ext. 2661<\/a>\u00a0or toll free:\u00a0<a href=\"tel:1-888-425-0321\">1-888-425-0321<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Thessalon:<\/strong> <a href=\"tel:705-356-2265 ext. 2662\">705-356-2265 ext. 2662<\/a> or toll free: <a href=\"tel:1-888-425-0321\">1-888-425-0321<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Community members who feel they need to be assessed for COVID-19 should fill out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nshn.care\/covid19\">online form<\/a>*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*<em>Once you submit the form, you can expect to be contacted by the assessment centre through a telephone conversation within 48 hours<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Elliot Lake<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call the Family Health Team at <a href=\"tel:705-461-8882\">705-461-8882<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Patient inquires will be screened and telephone interviews will be conducted to determine if a patient should be tested<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ontario Government has recently expanded the testing criteria for COVID-19 testing. If you have only one mild symptom you can get tested. Algoma Public Health states that, &#8220;If you have no symptoms but you are an essential worker or if you think you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, you can get tested.&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 04:51:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32101,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32098\/revisions\/32101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}