covid 19 testing

Medlogic phlebotomists Alanna Johnson administers swab tests for the flu and COVID-19 to a patient near a special tent in the parking lot of Friendship Medical Clinic in Ecru on Wednesday. 

 Regina Butler Pontotoc Progress

Friendship Medical Clinic in Ecru, Acute Care Family Clinic and Red Med in Pontotoc, are both offering COVID-19 tests to patients advised by healthcare providers to be tested. 

The process starts with a phone call. Those feeling flu-like symptoms should call their healthcare provider. The State Department of Health requires patients to have a fever of 100.4 or greater, as well as severe coughing or chest pain, in order to be tested for COVID-19.