Pitt County to participate in antigen test study Shawna De La Rosa | Apr 8, 2021
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching a community health initiative called “Say Yes! COVID Test” in Pitt County in collaboration with state and local health departments. The initiative will eventually include Chattanooga, Tenn., and provide up to 160,000 residents with free, rapid self-administered antigen tests. They can administer three tests a week for a month.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will provide the tests free of charge and evaluate whether frequent self-administered tests can help slow the rate of community transmission of COVID-19.