DC Health COVID Centers Are Closing March 31

The final day of operations for DC Well being’s COVID Facilities shall be Friday, March 31.

The COVID Facilities opened final January to offer residents of the District with entry to free masks, vaccines, and testing throughout a spike in circumstances attributable to the then-emerging omicron variant.

In that point, DC Well being stated that they had distributed:

• A couple of million free masks;
• Greater than 80,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, boosters, and flu vaccine;
• Greater than 400,000 fast antigen COVID-19 testing kits; and
• Almost 40,000 PCR exams.

With decrease circumstances, extra vaccination and the rise of at-home take a look at kits, DC Well being stated, the facilities are closing.

DC Well being introduced the upcoming closures in a Friday information launch.

“The choice to shut the COVID Facilities comes after the District has skilled a big drop in COVID-19 circumstances, excessive vaccination uptake, and a rise within the availability of vaccines and testing kits for at-home use,” the discharge stated. “Related actions are being taken on the federal degree and by different jurisdictions across the nation.”

Those that nonetheless want masks, vaccines, and testing can go to their native pharmacy, physician’s workplace and “different neighborhood areas,” DC Well being stated.

District residents — or anybody else within the U.S. — can go to this webpage to order free at-home COVID-19 exams, and might use this CDC webpage to discover a free testing location close to them. To search out out the place you may get vaccinated towards COVID-19, click on right here.