Some COVID test, vaccine sites to close on MS Coast after Hurricane Ida. Here’s a list.
Some COVID-19 vaccination and testing locations will be halted on the Gulf Coast ahead of Hurricane Ida’s projected landfall on Sunday.
All Mississippi State Department of Health COVID vaccinations and testing sites will be closed on Monday, including MSDH offices, county health departments and WIC centers. South Mississippi testing and vaccination sites will be closed and Tuesday, with further cancellations possible.
Memorial Hospital has also closed some clinics, COVID-19 testing sites and the hotline on Sunday and Monday.
All Memorial COVID-19 testing locations will be closed on Monday and will reopen Tuesday. Both Gulfport and D’Iberville COVID-19 testing locations and the COVID-19 hotline will be closed.
Singing River testing and vaccination facilities will be closed on Sunday, opening at noon on Monday.
MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
All MSDH county health departments, WIC centers, and the central office in Jackson will be OPEN for their usual hours Tuesday.
The COVID-19 vaccination and testing sites central and south MS that remain CLOSED includes:
Hancock County Health Department: 856 Highway 90, Bay St. Louis, MS 39520-8602, Open: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, Phone: 228-467-4510
Harrison County Health Department: 1102 45th Avenue, Gulfport, MS 39501, Open: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, Phone: 228-863-1036
Jackson County Health Department: 4600 Lt. Eugene J. Majure Drive, Pascagoula, MS 39581, Open: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Phone: 228-762-1117
Appointments for testing and vaccinations through covidvcaccine.umc.edu will be available beginning Thursday – weather permitting.
Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital has also updated hours for several clinics, COVID-19 testing sites, and the COVID-19 Hotline.
Monday:
All COVID-19 clinics and testing locations will be closed on Monday and will reopen accordingly.
Tuesday:
Memorial clinics, including COVID-19 testing and vaccination, will reopen Tuesday with the exception of the following locations:
- Bay St. Louis COVID-19 testing site; will reopen Wednesday, September 1
- Memorial Physician Clinics - Family Practice Escatawpa
- Memorial Physician Clinics - Gautier Walk-In Clinic
- Memorial Physician Clinics Courthouse Road Walk-In Clinic
The COVID-19 testing site in D’Iberville will open at 10 a.m.
A current list of Memorial clinics offering COVID-19 testing and vaccination can be found at wearememorial.com/coronavirus.
Singing River Health System
Singing River testing and vaccination facilities will be closed on Sunday. All of the system’s facilities will open at noon on Monday until normal business hours except for the Singing River Gulfport Medical Park, which will be closed.
This story will update if there are any more changes or cancellations to coronavirus testing or vaccinations because of Hurricane Ida.
This article is supported by the Journalism and Public Information Fund, a fund of the Gulf Coast Community Foundation.
This story was originally published August 28, 2021 at 8:01 PM.
