More COVID-19 Test Kits To Be Provided To Fairfax Co. Libraries

The Fairfax County, Virginia, libraries participating in a statewide program to make rapid, at-home coronavirus tests more accessible have received a new shipment of BinaxNOW test kits after quickly running out last week. According to wtop.com, "The pilot program, launched in partnership with the Virginia Department of Health, offered free test kits at 21 public libraries across the county starting last Friday. Jessica Hudson, director of the county’s public library system, said all 2,300 kits initially available were distributed within the first hour of branches opening last week. The county has received 10,000 more tests from the state, which are now available at 13 open community branches and eight regional branches." As per wtop.com, "Fairfax is one of several D.C.-area jurisdictions making the rapid tests available to help curb community spread. The county reports 115.64 cases per 100,000 people, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, which categorizes that figure as high community transmission."

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