Testing
How to get tested:
- Contact your medical provider
- Wellnow Urgent Care
At-Home COVID-19 Tests
- Many pharmacies sell COVID-19 tests. Call your health insurance company as many health insurance providers reimburse for, or cover the cost of, at-home tests.
- Many COVID-19 tests have extended expiration dates, so you may be able to use your COVID-19 tests after the expiration date that is printed on the box. To find out if your test has an extended expiration date, check the FDA's list of extended expiration dates.
- The free at-home COVID-19 test distribution program is not currently accepting orders.
What to Do if You Test Positive
If you test positive for COVID-19 on a home test or other type of test, then:
- Call your doctor with questions about your own health and advice for managing symptoms. If you are having trouble breathing or are experiencing severe symptoms, call 9-1-1 immediately.
- Stay home and isolate away from others (including people you live with who are not sick) if you have respiratory virus symptoms to prevent spreading the virus to others.
Guidance for Non-Healthcare Settings
Guidance for Healthcare Settings
Additional Information
- COVID-19 Testing FAQs (CDC)
- COVID-19 Testing FAQs (NYSDOH)
