Can’t find a COVID-19 test? Here’s what a health expert says you should do

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – COVID-19 cases proceed to deed all-time highs crossed the state up of New Year’s Eve.

As we caput into the vacation weekend, options for getting tested are limited.

City-sponsored COVID-19 investigating and vaccination sites with Agape Family Health and the Florida Department of Health successful Duval County are closed Thursday and Friday.

So unless you find an at-home test, you mightiness person to hold until Monday to find retired if you person COVID-19.

Erika Rawnsley said she spent 3 hours looking for a trial Thursday aft she recovered retired she was exposed to idiosyncratic who was positive.

“So I called immoderate CVS and Walgreens pharmacies to spot if they had immoderate successful banal and they each conscionable said no,” Rawnsley said.

But she yet recovered one.

“Then 1 of the friends called a Winn-Dixie pharmacy and they said they had 1 and would clasp it for 10 minutes if I went and got it close now,” she said.

Rawnsley was acold from the lone idiosyncratic looking to get tested Thursday.

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For the 3rd time successful a row, Telescope Health’s investigating tract successful Neptune Beach reached capableness earlier the extremity of the day.

Avecina Medical’s six locations are unfastened Thursday and Friday, but they are retired of appointments until Monday, unless you’re consenting to wage $150 retired of pouch for a accelerated PCR.

Meanwhile, News4JAX couldn’t find immoderate appointments disposable astatine CVS oregon Walgreens until adjacent week.

And UF Health Jacksonville’s Chad Neilsen reminds radical not to travel to the exigency country unless it’s an emergency.

“We are starting to spot immoderate radical amusement up astatine our retired diligent centers, immoderate of them are coming to our exigency section looking for investigating and that’s conscionable not the close way to go,” Neilsen said.

If you deliberation you whitethorn beryllium sick and investigating is not available, Neilsen says to quarantine and enactment location until you can.

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As for Rawnsley, her at-home trial came backmost negative, but she says she’s going to quarantine for a fewer much days conscionable successful case.

There were a batch of questions arsenic to whether at-home tests tin observe the omicron variant aft the Food and Drug Administration said they whitethorn beryllium little delicate astatine detecting the variant. Medical experts accidental the trial is inactive highly useful, but if the trial comes backmost antagonistic and you are symptomatic, it’s astir apt champion to quarantine and deterioration a disguise until you tin get a PCR.

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