HomeMy WebLinkAbout20210902MO2DEREK S.K. KAWAKAMI, MAYOR
MICHAEL A. DAHILIG, MANAGING DIRECTOR
News Release
For Immediate Release: September 2, 2021
COUNTY OF KAUA‘I
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
SARAH K. BLANE, CHIEF OF STAFF
(808) 241-4900
Demand high for COVID testing
LĪHUʻE – The Kaua‘i District Health Office and County of Kaua‘i are providing testing options on
island as demand for testing increases.
The County’s free testing site at the Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall and the Mobile
Testing Van are testing a total of over 700 people a day, leading to long lines and wait times.
Wilcox Medical Center in Līhu‘e offers drive-up testing center with a physician order. To get a
physician order, call your primary care physician. If you do not have a primary care physician, you may
call the Hawaii Pacific Health COVID-19 Virtual Clinic to be evaluated by a care provider who can order a
COVID-19 test if clinically appropriate. Call 808-462-5430 and select option 3. The Wilcox drive-up
testing center is located at the rear entrance of the medical center at 3-3420 Kuhio Highway, Lihue. It is
open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Closed weekends and Labor Day. More information:
https://www.hawaiipacifichealth.org/wilcox/patient-visitors/covid-19-services-kauai/
Kaua‘i Veterans Memorial Hospital (KVMH) in Waimea offers drive-up testing with a physician
order. Enter the Emergency Department driveway located off Waimea Canyon Road to access the drive-
up testing. It is open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to noon. Closed weekends and Labor Day.
Līhu‘e Pharmacy Group offers free drive-thru testing seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
OPEN on Labor Day. Appointments are highly recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. For an
appointment, register online at http://PreventCOVIDHI.com or call (808) 635-4968. Photo ID required.
No insurance or physician’s order needed. They are located at 4491 Kolopa St in Lihue, next to State
Farm. Please stay in your vehicle and put your hazard lights on and a technician will come to you.
Clinical Labs of Hawai‘i is offering COVID-19 screenings by appointment only at two locations:
Kukui Grove Executive Center in Lihue, 4370 Kukui Grove St. Suite 108 (near movie theatre), and Kauai
Medical Clinic in the Kapaa Shopping Center, 4-831 Kuhio Highway, Suite 332. Appointments are
available via the Clinical Labs website at http://ClinicalLabs.com/COVID. When arriving at one of these
screening locations, be prepared to provide a physician’s order, photo ID and phone number.
Longs Kapa‘a offers drive-up testing seven days a week by appointment only. Tests are sent to
the mainland and results may be delayed. To make an appointment, visit
https://www.cvs.com/minuteclinic/covid-19-testing.
Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall free County testing site at 4191 Hardy Street in Līhuʻe is
open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. They will be OPEN on Labor Day. No appointment or doctor's
order is necessary. Results are provided on the same day. The testing center has been experiencing long
wait times. If you have symptoms, please do NOT come to the walk-in testing center. Instead make an
appointment for a drive-up test.
Mobile Testing Van offers free testing in a different community each day, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Results are provided the same day. No appointment needed.
• Wednesdays: Kekaha Neighborhood Center parking lot
• Thursdays: Kīlauea Neighborhood Center parking lot
• Fridays: Kalāheo Neighborhood Center parking lot
• Saturdays: Hanalei Neighborhood Center parking lot
• Sundays: Kapa‘a Bryan J. Baptiste Sports Complex
There are also two paid testing options. Po‘ipū Mobile MD Clinic provides paid walk-in testing at
their clinic at 1941 Poipu Road, Koloa, HI 96756, and mobile in-home testing. They are available for
appointments seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit:
https://poipumd.com or call (808) 652-7021. LoZo Labs provides paid walk-in testing at their clinic at
4366 Kukui Grove Street, #202 in Lihue. For more information, please visit: https://www.lozolabs.com/
or call (808) 977-2700.
For more information on testing options, visit http://www.kauai.gov/COVIDtest.
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