MINNEAPOLIS — Effective immediately, no outpatient testing for COVID-19 will be performed in Allina Health clinics, Urgent Cares, Everyday Clinics and Emergency Departments, according to a press release. Patients who require hospitalization may still be tested. In addition to the most critically ill, health care providers will continue to have access to testing, if needed.

Allina Health is making the adjustments to conserve resources for the most critically ill patients and for the safety of staff, the press release said.

If you believe you need urgent clinical assessment for COVID-19, please continue to isolate yourself at home and complete our free online COVID-19 screening interview. It’s available 24/7 and takes about 15 minutes to complete. An Allina Health Everyday Online provider will review your information and email you with next steps.

Allina Health is taking other steps as well:

• Implementing further visitor restrictions across Allina Health. Beginning today, Allina Health will restrict all visitors across our system, with compassionate exemptions available.

• Cancelling classes and events;

• Suspending all non-essential/non-urgent visits in clinics until further notice. Some visits may be converted to a virtual visit when appropriate;

• Going to an urgency ranking system in all of our hospitals for elective surgeries and procedural areas.

• Beginning Tuesday, surgical and procedural leaders and surgeons are making decisions about which currently scheduled and future elective surgery cases will proceed and which cases will be canceled and rescheduled for a later time. It does NOT mean that all surgeries are being canceled. Impacted patients will be contacted about their specific situation. The surgical and various procedure area changes will affect all of our facilities across Allina Health.