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COVID update: PSC rescinds mask order, Ascension offers more testing sites

   August 2, 2021

In an email to students and staff on Sunday, Pensacola State College President Ed Meadows rescinded an earlier mask mandate on PSC campuses that was set to begin today. The policy would have applied to vaccinated and unvaccinated students, faculty, employees and visitors indoors on a PSC campus.

The masks are now only recommended, particularly for unvaccinated persons. However, he announced that  COVID-19 related absences for the unvaccinated for COVID-19 infections or quarantines will not be excused.  Those vaccinated or exempted for medical reasons will have excused absences

Ascension Sacred Heart

As COVID-19 cases continue to increase rapidly in Northwest Florida, Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart is offering COVID-19 testing at multiple physician offices and walk-in centers.

In Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, the sites include:

  • Sacred Heart walk-in clinic inside the Walgreens location at 6314 N. Ninth Ave., Pensacola. The hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  • AMG Sacred Heart walk-in clinic inside the Walgreens store at 2237 W. Nine Mile Road, Pensacola. The hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday from  8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to  4 p.m.

  • Sacred Heart walk-in clinic inside the Walgreens at 8220 Navarre Parkway, Navarre. The hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  • Sacred Heart Urgent Care Center in Pace, 4435 Highway 90, on Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 9 am. to 3 p.m.

  • Sacred Heart Urgent Care at 6665 Pensacola Boulevard, Pensacola, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and weekends from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

  • Sacred Heart’s Urgent Care and primary care offices at Tiger Point, 4033 Gulf Breeze Pkwy., on Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Patients do not need to be established with an Ascension Medical Group physician. However, patients will need to see a healthcare provider who will evaluate them and then be able to provide a COVID-19 test. If patients have testing questions, they can email COVID19testing@ascension.org.

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