MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced Tuesday that at-home COVID-19 saliva collection testing kits will be available to all Wisconsin residents for free, regardless of presence of symptoms.
The at-home test kits will be provided by Vault Medical Services thanks to a new contract with the state.
“We believe that anyone in Wisconsin who needs to be tested for COVID-19 should have access to a test, and I’m proud of our statewide testing efforts throughout this pandemic,” Evers said. “We also know that getting to a health care provider or a community testing site isn’t easy for everyone, and that’s why we are excited to offer this new option to make testing even more accessible for folks across our state.”
The collection kits are available online. Each kit comes with detailed instructions on how to collect the saliva needed for the test. Once completed, kits can be shipped back to a lab for processing.
“This is an important tool to provide easy access to COVID-19 testing,” DHS Secretary-designee Andrea Palm said. “As we roll out the COVID-19 vaccine to more Wisconsinites, we need to continue testing, contact tracing, and public health measures such as wearing a mask and social distancing.”
More information about the new testing kits is available on DHS’s COVID-19 testing webpage.
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