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Self-Testing At Home or Anywhere
About COVID-19
For doing rapid COVID-19 tests anywhere
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Updated Mar;
2022
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What is a Self-Test or At-Home Test?
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Self-tests for COVID-19 give rapid results and can be taken anywhere; regardless of
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your vaccination status or whether or not you have symptoms.
They detect current infection and are sometimes also called "home tests,
at-
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home tests,
or "over-the-counter (OTC) tests_
Self-Testing
They give your result in a few minutes and are different from laboratory-
based tests that may take days to return your result:
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Self-tests along with vaccination WearingawelL-fittedmask and physical
distancing; help protect-you and others by reducing the chances of spreading
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COVID-19.