Coronavirus: Hamilton-area pharmacy to offer COVID-19 tests

Another Hamilton-area pharmacy has been added to the list of private retailers offering coronavirus tests to at-risk, asymptomatic people.

Hauser’s Pharmacy & Home Healthcare on Upper Wentworth Street is now accepting appointments for tests during business hours Monday through Saturday.

The outlet joins a number of independent pharmacies that were added to the province’s approved list of testing sites.

Also added this week were the Medicine Shoppe in Caledonia, Pharmaessence in Georgetown, and Simpson’s Pharmasave in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

The ministry of health says additional testing sites are expected in the coming months for regions experiencing the greatest number of COVID-19 cases.

The locations and operating times of pharmacies in the Hamilton-Niagara area now offering COVID-19 tests are:

Brantford

Shoppers Drug Mart at 320 Colborne St. W. (Monday – Sunday: 8 a.m. to midnight)
Shoppers Drug Mart at 185 King George Road (Monday – Sunday: 8 a.m. to midnight)

Caledonia

The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy at 55 Argyle St. N. (Monday: 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday – Friday: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

Georgetown

Pharmaessence Drug Mart at 120 Guelph St. (Monday – Friday: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)

Hamilton

Hauser’s Pharmacy at 1010 Upper Wentworth St., Unit 1A (Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
Shoppers Drug Mart at 2110 Rymal Rd. E. in Stoney Creek (Monday – Sunday: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.)
Shoppers Drug Mart at 101 Osler Dr., Unit 102 in Dundas (Monday – Sunday: 8 a.m. to midnight)

Niagara Falls

Shoppers Drug Mart at 5175 Victoria Ave., Unit 1 (Monday – Sunday: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.)

Niagara-on-the-Lake

Simpson’s Pharmasave at 1882 Niagara Stone Rd. (Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

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Oakville

Shoppers Drug Mart at 2501 Third Line (24 hours)
Shoppers Drug Mart at 2525 Prince Michael Dr. (Monday – Sunday: 8 a.m. to midnight)
Shoppers Drug Mart at 550 Kerr St. (Monday – Sunday: 8 a.m. to midnight)

St. Catharines

Shoppers Drug Mart at 286 Bunting Rd., Unit 22 (Monday – Sunday: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.)

For those who have had contact with a known case of COVID-19, who are exhibiting symptoms, or who are considered to work in “high risk” areas, the province is recommending a test at a local public health facility.

Testing at all local public health units requires advance booking. For more information on COVID-19 testing, click here.

Public Health testing locations across the Hamilton-Niagara region include: