Appointments for rapid testing are seeing a longer wait time as at-home test kits continue to fly off of shelves. The significant increase in demand for COVID-19 tests in recent weeks have slowed turnaround times for results.
With at-home COVID-19 tests increasingly hard to find and new coronavirus cases again rising to record numbers, the Norfolk Health Department will offer free testing 2-6 p.m. Friday afternoon at Military Circle mall.
The shelves of local pharmacies were picked clean of COVID-19 take-home tests this week as Virginia surpassed its record of new daily cases Wednesday following the holiday weekend, according to Virginia Department of Health records.