Kauai County will distribute thousands of loose COVID-19 home screening kits to community centers next week.
The county, in partnership with the state’s fitness department, is providing about 6,000 COVID-19 kits on a first-come, first-served basis starting Wednesday. There will be
A limit of five s per
user or home.
“Mahalo to our partners with the Kauai District Health Unit, the Parks and Recreation Department and the Kauai Emergency Management Agency for making those loose checks for our community,” Mayor Derek Kawakami said in a press release. The many teams at our disposal to lessen the threat of COVID spread. “
These COVID-19 tests have an expiration date of November 2022, he said, but have gained a seven-month shelf life extension from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration. U. S. They expire in June.
The distribution will be as follows:
wednesday
>> 9 am to 12 pm, Hanalei Neighborhood Center
>> 13:00-16:00, Kilauea neighborhood center
Thursday
>> 9 a. m. to 12 p. m. , downtown Waimea neighborhood
>> 1:00 p. m. , Hanapepe Neighborhood Center
Friday
>> from nine a. m. to 12 p. m. m. , Bryan J. Baptiste Sports Complex
>> 13:00 to 16:00, Lihue Neighborhood Center
COVID-19 testing will also take place on the island of Kauai, with sites indexed in kauai. gov/covidtest.
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