Updated: Public Health Sudbury & Districts to provide COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits

To support ongoing access to COVID-19 testing, rapid antigen tests are available for free to people throughout Public Health Sudbury & Districts service area. Tests are available to individuals at high risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19, including  persons who may be eligible for COVID-19 treatment. These kits will be available beginning today and through the fall of 2023, free of charge, at most office locations.

The kits may be picked-up in the reception area of the office locations listed below during the office hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Some offices are closed for the lunch hour (noted below). Office locations include:

• 1300 Paris Street, Sudbury
• 10 Elm Street, Unit 130, Sudbury
• 34 Birch Street (entrance on Lorne Street), Chapleau (closed from noon to 1 p.m.)
• 800 Centre Street, Unit 100 C, Espanola (closed from noon to 1 p.m.)
• 6163 Highway 542, Mindemoya (closed from noon to 1 p.m.)
• 1 King Street, St. Charles (closed from noon to 1 p.m.)

There are two publicly-funded types of COVID‑19 tests available in Ontario:

1. Rapid antigen tests: these are available for free to people at high risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19, including in high priority communities and people eligible for COVID-19 treatments. For details, visit https://www.ontario.ca/page/covid-19-testing-and-treatment#section-1 (Ontario Government).
2. Molecular tests: These include polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and rapid molecular testing. These tests are available to individuals who have COVID‑19 symptoms and who belong to certain groups. For details, visit https://www.ontario.ca/page/covid-19-testing-and-treatment#section-2 (Ontario Government).

For information on how to use a RAT kit and what to do if your test results positive, please visit: https://www.ontario.ca/page/rapid-testing-home-use. For more information on COVID-19 and what to do if you have symptoms of COVID-19, visit: Protection from COVID‑19 and other respiratory illnesses | ontario.ca.

For more information on RAT kit availability or molecular tests, please visit https://www.phsd.ca/health-topics-programs/diseases-infections/coronavirus/#testing or call Public Health Sudbury & Districts at 705.522.9200, ext. 748 (toll-free 1.866.522.9200).