NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A local woman is having trouble getting tested for the new coronavirus.

Lindsey, who only wanted to be identified by her first name, started feeling sick with a fever last weekend. She said her boyfriend is sick too. "We had a wheezy cough on the inside of our chest, the fatigue was really the one that was so awful," Lindsey said.

She does not have a primary care physician or insurance, so she went to urgent care. She was told they did not have a coronavirus test kit to administer. Last week there were 85 tests in Tennessee, and now state officials said they have 165.

"If there’s no way to get tested, how are you supposed to know," Lindsey asked. "I just wish there was more instruction, I wish there was more reassurance that everyone would be taken care of."

Right now they're encouraging people who think they have coronavirus to call the state health department at at 1-877-857-2945.

If you are a patient or employee at Vanderbilt, you can call their coronavirus help line at 888-312-0847. The line is open 7 days a week from 7a.m. to 7p.m.

Dr. William Schaffner said Vanderbilt University Medical Center is days away from getting their own coronavirus test kits.

"I know you’re worried, but at the moment you can’t test all those kinds of people. We have to focus on people who have symptoms," Schaffner said, "There’s a pent up desire to test, and so you can imagine, lots of people are running in to be first in line, and we can’t all be first in line."

On Monday, the Tennessee Department of Health received an overwhelming amount of calls to their coronavirus help line. Officials said if the line is busy, keep calling them.

"I’m sure what’s happened, is there’s a back log of calls," Schaffner said.

This concerns Lindsey as she doesn't want COVID-19 to spread even more, "At the end of the day everyone just wants to be healthy."

To reduce the spread, doctors want people who think they have coronavirus to call ahead before they show up to be tested.