Wisconsin households eligible for free package of COVID-19 self-tests

The Wisconsin Division of Well being Providers (DHS) is launching an internet program for Wisconsinites to get free at-home speedy COVID-19 exams delivered on to them.

As of this week Wisconsin residents can go to the Say Sure! COVID Check web site(hyperlink is exterior) and place an order for a bundle of 5 speedy antigen COVID-19 exams for gratis. Preliminary provides will permit every family to order one bundle that may arrive in 1-2 weeks.

“It’s crucial for Wisconsinites to have entry to a COVID-19 take a look at once they want one, and this program delivers exams proper to their door,” DHS Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake stated. “We encourage all Wisconsin households to have COVID-19 self-tests available to guard themselves and people round them.”

Taking a COVID-19 self-test gives outcomes inside minutes. This enables folks to make choices that may hold these round them secure. Along with the Say Sure! COVID Check program, Wisconsinites can entry a COVID-19 take a look at by:

• Buying self-tests by means of pharmacies, stores, or on-line. Self-tests are extensively obtainable at pharmacies and different retail shops throughout the state.
• Utilizing medical health insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare plans to cowl the price of self-tests. Personal insurers and a few Medicare plans proceed to cowl the price of eight speedy COVID-19 exams per member every month. Members of BadgerCare Plus and most Wisconsin Medicaid packages can even obtain COVID-19 exams from Medicaid-enrolled pharmacies utilizing their ForwardHealth ID card. Persons are inspired to contact their medical health insurance program for extra info.
• Visiting a free local people testing website. There are presently over 500 neighborhood testing websites throughout the state.
• Contacting a well being care supplier. Your native or tribal well being division, major well being care supplier, or neighborhood well being heart may also help discover a take a look at close to you.

As well as, DHS has lately launched packages to offer native and tribal well being departments, Okay-12 colleges, and shelters with entry to self-tests for distribution to the populations they serve. By way of these packages, practically 464,000 self-tests have been made obtainable to neighborhood organizations and the general public since Could. Check kits proceed to be ordered and distributed to those entities for distribution.

“Persevering with to assist equitable entry to COVID-19 testing stays a prime precedence,” stated DHS Deputy Secretary Deb Standridge. “Fast outcomes from a self-test permits folks to check for COVID-19 at house and make choices that may assist hold them and people round them secure.”

To acquire dependable outcomes and assist cease the unfold of COVID-19, it is very important know when to take a take a look at. Anybody experiencing signs of COVID-19, ought to take a take a look at instantly. Everybody, no matter vaccination standing, ought to take a COVID-19 take a look at 5 days after being uncovered to somebody with COVID-19.

In case you take a look at optimistic with a COVID-19 self-test, keep house, separate your self from others, and notify your shut contacts who have been uncovered. Contact a physician, neighborhood well being heart, or pharmacy to see if COVID-19 remedies could also be advisable for you.

The Say Sure! COVID Check program is funded partly by means of the American Rescue Plan and Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention funds.

Without cost, confidential assist inserting an order in your family’s take a look at bundle or discovering well being care and neighborhood assets close to you, dial 211. For info, assets, and information associated to COVID-19 in Wisconsin, go to the COVID-19 webpage. You too can comply with @DHSWI on Fb(hyperlink is exterior), Twitter(link is external), or dhs.wi on Instagram(hyperlink is exterior) for extra info on COVID-19.