Fairfield To Distribute Free COVID-19 At-Home Test Kits Thursday

Vincent Salzo
Updated ·2 min read

FAIRFIELD, CT — Fairfield will receive around 7,710 at-home COVID-19 testing kits to distribute to residents, First Selectwoman Brenda L. Kupchick announced Tuesday.

Connecticut health officials announced Monday plans to distribute three million COVID-19 at-home rapid tests and six million N95 masks in the state in an effort to help curb the spread of COVID-19 during the heavy travel and holiday season.

The first phase includes the distribution of 500,000 test kits, each containing two tests, for a total of one million tests for Connecticut residents. School districts will receive a separate allotment early in January.

“With Fairfield’s population at 61,000 residents the amount the state is providing doesn’t allow for all our residents to receive a test kit,” Kupchick wrote in a message to residents. “Therefore the Emergency Management Team felt it was important to prioritize the distribution for residents that are experiencing symptoms or have been exposed to someone who tested positive.

“We were told that we should receive the test kits Thursday morning in Fairfield, and have prepared for a distribution event for Fairfield residents.”

The town will distribute test kits from 12 noon to 5 p.m., or until supplies last, on Thursday, Dec. 30 at Roger Ludlowe Middle School, according to Kupchick.

All traffic will enter at 440 Mill Plain Road, adjacent to Sturges Park.

Read more from Kupchick below:

  • Due to limited supply at this time, test kits are intended for residents that are symptomatic or that have a known exposure to someone who tested positive

  • Proof of residency via your valid 2021 Fairfield beach or dump sticker, OR a driver's license

  • 2 kits (4 tests) will be distributed per household

Residents must enter the site from Mill Plain Road. The Fairfield Police Department will be managing traffic, and I ask that you please follow the directional signs and cones to keep the flow of traffic moving quickly.

Before Christmas, I taped a video with our Director of Health Sands Cleary to share information with our community. For those residents who are not on Facebook, I wanted to provide a link to the video with a COVID update.

I know some of our residents are concerned about the high transmission rate of Omicron. I thought it might be helpful to share with you the Town's contact tracers are finding that the majority of positive cases are coming from household exposures, during at-home gatherings, Thanksgiving day celebrations and other holiday parties, and not typically from short visits to the grocery store or retail shops. I continue to encourage our residents to follow the CDC guidelines that recommend wearing a mask when indoors, especially when a six foot distance from others can’t be maintained.

I’ve also provided more information below on vaccines, testing locations, new CDC guidelines and other resources which may be helpful. (Read more here)

This article originally appeared on the Fairfield Patch