Update #2: COVID-19 Rapid At-Home Test Kit Distribution

The First Selectman had a 4:00 p.m. call with the state and other municipal leaders regarding the distribution of the COVID-19 at-home rapid test kits. The state has confirmed that there is a delay in kits arriving in CT. Please see the Governor's official statement below. 

We have a team in place ready to go for pickup and distribution whenever the kits become available. Once we have the kits in our possession we will communicate through our FB page, right here on the town website and email blast (Subscribe through town hall website) what the process will be for distributing them. As noted in a previous communication N95 masks are expected to be available next week. Once that information is confirmed we will publish that as well.

Because of the number of kits allotted to Colchester, it will be one kit (two tests per kit) to each household that comes through the drive-thru until supplies last. We will be dividing up kits to cover two days of distribution to allow people who can't make the first day of distribution to attend the second day. Residency ID will be required and names will be checked off a property owner and housing list.

As more information becomes available, we will publish it here as well as the other aforementioned mechanisms.

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today released the following statement with an update on Connecticut’s anticipated shipment of COVID-19 at-home rapid tests:

“Due to shipping and warehouse delays outside of the State of Connecticut’s control, our state’s anticipated shipment of COVID-19 at-home rapid tests are currently delayed from arriving in Connecticut. My staff and multiple state agencies have spent the past several days working around the clock to accelerate the movement of our tests through what is clearly a shipping and distribution bottleneck on the West Coast amid unprecedented international demand for tests. I want to thank our municipal and emergency management partners who have quickly and efficiently established their methods of distribution of the tests, clearly communicating them to their communities. My administration is in regular communication with city and town leaders, and we will provide updates as we have them in order to distribute the tests as quickly as possible. I thank our staff and leadership at the Department of Administrative Services, the Department of Public Health, the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, and the Connecticut National Guard for their incredible work to execute on this test delivery.”

Read this on CT.gov