COVID-19 Testing Process at UPMC Step 1 Get Medical Order for a COVID-19 Test Call your PCP for an over-the-phone evaluation and if indicated, the medical provider can electronically or by written prescription order a COVID-19 test.
"New research released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reminds us that we must continue to center equity across all of our pandemic response efforts," she said. Self-tests, or at-home tests, are usually antigen tests that can be taken anywhere without having to go to a specific testing site. For COVID-19 testing, obtain a referral from your PCP, and visit a UPMC COVID-19 test site or UPMC Urgent Care. Pandemic-related restrictions such as mask wearing indoors for many public places, such as schools and offices, have been lifted, though remain in effect for locations like hospitals, jails and mass transit.īassett called at-home testing kits "a critical tool helping to curb spread in our communities." Officials over the last several weeks have been monitoring a subvariant of omicron that is considered similarly contagious, though Health Commissioner Mary Bassett in March said she does not expect this strain to lead to a significant rise in COVID cases heading into the spring. "As we've seen throughout the pandemic, test kits are a critical tool in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 and prevent exposure to others," Hochul said. "We have already distributed nearly 70 million COVID-19 tests, and we will continue to focus our efforts on distributing at-home tests to New Yorkers and build up our stockpile so we can bolster our preparedness for the future, keep our communities safe, and safely move forward through this pandemic." There are 1,910 locations to find a COVID test in New York. The move to scale down testing sites comes after more than 68 million at-home test kits have been distributed in New York. The state will keep 15 vaccine sites open, and New Yorkers older than 50 have been encouraged by federal public health officials to receive a second booster shot. The state is retaining contracts through to quickly re-open testing sites if needed. New York state will scale down state-run COVID-19 test sites as the focus shifts to over-the-counter at-home test kits following a wintertime surge in virus cases, Gov.
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