Avery County Health Department Testing

Avery county government would like to share that avery county emergency management and the health department are working with local officials cannon hospital avery county school system 911 communications ems ambulance services and fire and rescue to ensure and protect the health and well being of avery county citizens.

Avery county health department testing. The avery county health department offers a wide array of services to residents of the county. Without a provider referral contact your local health department. We provide the services mandated by statutes or regulations of the department of health and human services department of environment and natural resources and other services as approved by the toe river health district board of health. The number of people present to get tested for covid 19 stretched from the avery county health department to library road near the veterans memorial.

On tuesday june 9 outside the health department. The avery county health department has announced that it will be offering a second round of drive thru testing for covid 19 from 4 00 to 8 00 p m. Photo by luke barber a tent was set up outside. To protect and improve the health of the citizens of avery mitchell and yancey counties and to maintain a healthy environment.

The health department provides and ensures the provision of these services adult health food lodging and institutional sanitation individual on site water supply sanitary sewage collection treatment and disposal grade a milk sanitation communicable disease control vital records registration. With referral from a healthcare provider you may be tested through arhs. A drive through testing setup was placed outside of the health department on thursday and hundreds came out to be tested. If you are sick and unsure if you should get tested please call your primary healthcare provider or one of the medical offices below.