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There are a number of ways you can test to see if you have COVID-19. Contact your healthcare provider, visit your local drug store, or find a testing site in your community. If you do not have a healthcare provider and would like to get connected to one, call 2-1-1. If you have serious symptoms, like difficulty breathing, call 9-1-1.

See below, or click the following links, for more information: Ivd Test Kits

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Key times to get tested:

Self-test kits, sometimes also called “home tests,” “at-home tests,” or “over-the-counter (OTC) tests,” for COVID-19 detect current infection. 

How To Use a Self-Test

Resources to Get No-Cost, At-Home, Self-Test Kits

Every U.S. household is eligible to order 4 free at-home COVID-19 tests this winter. 

Medi-Cal and Medicare Recipients can get no-cost at-home COVID-19 antigen tests. 

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH), in partnership with the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), is offering no-cost at-home COVID-19 antigen tests. Each person with a Medi-Cal or Medicare card can receive up to 8 tests (or 4 boxes if each box has 2 tests) each month. 

If you have Medi-Cal, follow these steps:

For more information, click here.

Regardless of vaccination status, if your test result is:

For more information, visit What To Do If You Have COVID-19.

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