Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster has issued the following advisory:
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee will deliver a statewide address to Tennesseans regarding the COVID-19 surge on Sunday, December 20 at 7:00 p.m. CDT. Gov. Lee’s remarks will be broadcast on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GovBillLee, and YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/govbilllee.
Health Department COVID-19 Testing – Important Testing Changes:
Beginning Monday, December 21, 2020, all COVID-19 testing is being moved to the Community Complex at 1398 Livingston Road, Crossville, TN 38571. The testing will be conducted at that location for a minimum of two weeks. At that time the site will be evaluated to determine if testing will remain at the Community Complex or if it will move back to the Health Department.
Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) COVID-19 testing sites across the state, including the Health Department testing site here in Cumberland County (located at the Community Complex, 1398 Livingston Road), will begin offering self-testing kits to adults three days a week to allow staff members to transition to vaccination of frontline health care providers and first responders.
The new COVID-19 self-tests will be offered to adults on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays beginning December 21. On these days, public health staff members at each TDH COVID-19 testing site will provide self-testing kits to adults who wish to be tested. Individuals will remain in their vehicles while completing paperwork and collecting their samples. Health Departments will submit the samples for testing.
Adults tested with the new self-tests will register and receive their results online. The self-tests are not approved for use in children under age 18. Children and adults unable to register online can still receive the standard nasal swab COVID-19 tests on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Test results may be available within 72 hours of arrival at the lab, depending on the volume of tests the testing lab receives. Information will be provided to participants at testing locations on what they can expect after being tested. This information is also available online at www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/documents/cedep/novel-coronavirus/TestedGuidance.pdf.
TDH county health departments will be closed and will not offer COVID-19 testing December 24 – 25 and December 31, 2020 – January 1, 2021 in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.