Naugatuck Times

Town of New Canaan issued the following announcement on March 24.

COVID-19 TESTING

Next  week, we will continue with our weekly community PCR COVID-19 testing  partnership with Progressive Diagnostics for residents who are traveling  or otherwise wish to be tested.  The Progressive Diagnostics PCR COVID-19 testing (for New Canaan residents only) will be on Monday, March 28th,  Wednesday, March 30TH  and Friday, April 1st from 7:00 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Irwin House in Irwin Park (848 Weed Street).   Pre-registration is required and you must bring your insurance card,  and a photo ID to your test appointment. You must complete a separate  registration for each individual to be tested. Your insurance will be  billed a $100 lab fee by Progressive Diagnostics.  No walk-ins are  permitted. Turnaround time for PCR test results is the same day as testing with a maximum of up to 24 hours and  will be received via email in the lab portal, for which you will  receive instructions on how to access at your test appointment.

To register for PCR COVID-19 testing for next Monday, March 28th,  Wednesday, March 30TH  and Friday, April 1st please click on the following SignUpGenius link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/NCHDCOVIDTESTINGMAR28TH30THAPR1ST

IMPORTANT for international travelers:   If you test positive on a home test and you plan on traveling out of  the country or to an area requiring PCR testing in the 90 days after  your home test positive, you are strongly encouraged to get a  confirmatory PCR lab test right away. You can potentially continue to  test positive for up to 90 days and some countries require a letter from  your local health department to confirm you are not actively infectious  despite the positive PCR test. The only way we can write that letter is  if we have proof of the date of the original positive test and the  appropriate time has lapsed since initial infection. I suggest if you  test positive at home and know you are going to travel to an area  requiring PCR testing in the next 90 days to get an official test on  record so we can help you with the travel letter.

There continues to be free rapid COVID-19 antigen testing available during regular business hours with our Health Department at Vine  Cottage (77 Main Street) for symptomatic New Canaan residents by  appointment. Please note these are not individual at home test kits; they are commercial rapid test kits that are required to be reported to CT DPH.  Please call the Health Department during regular business hours Monday through Friday to schedule a rapid test at 203-594-3037.

VACCINATION UPDATE

The Health Department continues to offer COVID 19 vaccination clinics and has scheduled an all-ages vaccination clinic for Thursday, March 31st at Irwin House in Irwin Park (848 Weed Street) from 2:00 to 5:00 pm.  When registering, please indicate in the comments portion of  SignUpGenius your vaccination type(Moderna, Pfizer, or J&J) and please bring the required one page form completed along with your white vaccination cards to your booster  appointment. As a reminder, Pfizer is the only FDA EUA approved vaccine  for those aged 5-17 years old. Boosters are available to anyone  aged 12 and over and it has been at least 5 months since second dose for  those aged 12-17 and over. Those aged 5-15 are required to have a parent present in addition to the required forms.  The registration link for the Thursday, March 31st ages 5+ vaccination clinic at Irwin Park (848 Weed St) is: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/NCHDCOVIDVAXMARCH31ST

The Health Department continues to provide home bound vaccinations for those who need a booster dose at home due to medical, physical or  other restrictions. Please call the Health Department at 203-594-3020 to  schedule a home bound vaccination.

Original source can be found here.