NEW UPDATE- Arrival- COVID Home Test Kits- Community Distribution
We have now received our test kits. The plan is now to prioritize a limited quantity of supplies to symptomatic individuals and frontline workers, including first responders, childcare workers, municipal and school staff.
We have a limited supply to share with the public and ask you please only take a kit if you are a symptomatic individual or have been in close contact with someone with COVID. We also ask you to limit your test to one kit or two max per household. Please remember, for every kit you take that is one less availalbe to your friends, family and neighbors. As a reminder, these tests are only for Stoningotn residents.
We are very grateful to all our partners- our Police, EMS, Fire, Emergency Management and a number of additional Town staff members- who made this possible, enabling various time options in hopes that will help offer greater access to community members.
Please also know that once a location is out of tests, they will not have any further tests available. We will post on the Town website and social media channels when a site is out of tests.
It remains important that all residents who are able get their COVID-19 vaccine, and if you are eligible, please get a booster. Vaccinations have been able to save lives and keep people who get COVID out of the hospital.
For more information on additional testing opportunities please visit the Town site here, and for vaccines here. Please wear a mask, and hopefully a smile under that mask, when you come to pick-up your test kits. Note where it says ‘drive through’, you are also still welcome on foot or bike.
Thank you for your understanding.
Location | Time | Day | Amount (kits) | Instructions |
Stonington Human Services | 9:00AM-11:00AM | Monday | 95 | Drive through (distributed via parking lot) |
166 S Broad St | ||||
Stonington Town Hall | 12:00PM-2:00PM | Monday | 95 | Drive through around Town Hall |
152 Elm Street | ||||
Pawcatuck Fire Department | 4:00PM-6:00PM | Monday | 100 | Park in rear parking lot and come to back of Station |
33 Liberty St | ||||
Stonington Police Department | 5:00PM-7:00PM | Monday | 100 | Drive through (distributed via officer near side entrance) |
173 S Broad St | ||||
Stonington Borough Fire Department | 8:00AM-10:00AM | Tuesday | 95 | Drive through (distributed in front of Fire Station) |
100 Main St | ||||
Old Mystic Fire Department | 8:00AM-10:00AM | Tuesday | 95 | Park in parking lot across from Fire Station and tests will be distributed from outside the front entrance of the Station |
21 N Stonington Rd | ||||
Mystic Fire Department | 10:00AM-11:00AM | Tuesday | 95 | Park and come into back entrance of Station |
34 Broadway Ave |
More about the iHealth Tests
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has granted emergency use authorization for the iHealth COVID-19 antigen rapid test, which is completed with an anterior nasal swab and is not the deep nasal test. The complete instructions for the at-home rapid test are available on the iHealth packaging in English and Spanish. Results are usually available in 15 minutes. More information on the iHealth antigen home test kits is available at ihealthlabs.com.