NCPHD Offering Free COVID-19 test kits in Drive-Up Event Dec. 15
Just in time for holiday gatherings, North Central Public Health District is again offering free at-home COVID-19 test kits, with a drive up pickup for your convenience. The kits will be distributed in our parking lot on Friday, Dec. 15, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
No appointment is necessary. Just pull up to the Annex C building, which is on the right when you reach our parking lot at 419 E. 7th St., and someone will bring you a couple of boxes of test kits. Each box contains two tests.
We also have free at-home test kits available during business hours in our lobby. They are on a table just inside the entrance, please come help yourself. Our business hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. We are closed from noon to 1. Again, we will be offering limited drive-up test kit distribution on Friday, Dec. 15 only, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Test kits should be used:
· If you have COVID symptoms, test immediately
· Or if you’ve been exposed to a COVID-positive person, but don’t have symptoms, wait at least five full 5 days from date of contact with the exposed person, then use the test.
If you test positive, stay home and follow the guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control found at:
(For more information, please visit COVID-19 Vaccine in Oregon, contact North Central Public Health District at (541) 506-2600, visit us on the web at www.ncphd.org or find us on Facebook.)