COVID-19 Testing

Should you be tested for COVID-19 if you have been exposed?

If you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, you don’t have to be tested right away. Instead, quarantine yourself for 14 days and monitor your symptoms.

What are the symptoms of COVID-19?

Symptoms reported for COVID-19 are similar to influenza and have included mild to severe respiratory illness with fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Other symptoms include body aches, nausea, diarrhea, loss of taste and smell, or even the feeling of passing out.

The department of public health is now offering COVID-19 drive-through services for COVID-19 testing. They currently offer NP Swab testing.  Register for your COVID-19 test on the Georgia Department of Health Website, starting September 1st.

*Registration must be completed via the scheduling portal, phone appointments will not be accepted.

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What is a Nasal Pharyngeal (NP) Swab test?

This test will require a medical professional to swab the inside of your nose. The test will take approximately 20 seconds and does cause mild discomfort.

COVID-19 Testing Information Pediatric Surgical Patients

As hospitalization numbers of patients with COVID-19 continue to decrease, AU Health has updated its family presence practices for patients and families in AU Medical Center and Children's Hospital of Georgia.

• Two individuals may now be at a patient's bedside, as long as the patient does not have COVID-19 or is not severely immunocompromised.
• All individuals must sanitize hands upon entry and continue to wear masks while inside the facility.
• At this time, no changes are made the family presence practices at the medical practice sites. One support person may accompany a patient to clinic appointments.