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Results for a PCR test can take several days to come back. Rapid antigen test (self-test or at-home test): A Rapid Antigen Test is a COVID-19 test that can be bought at a pharmacy, retail store or online. It can be taken without having to go to a specific testing site and is usually taken at home. You can get results in as little as 15 minutes.
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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health advises all residents to seek COVID-19 tests when exhibiting COVID symptoms, or five days following a known close contact with someone diagnosed with COVID pursuant to DPH quarantine and isolation protocols, updated in accordance with the new CDC guidance. The new isolation protocols released on Dec. 29...
There are two types of COVID-19 tests that are widely available to the public: rapid antigen tests, which are available as take-home tests and can be self-administered, and PCR tests, which are a clinically administered test, such as those at the Commonwealth’s Stop the Spread testing sites. DPH advises that rapid antigen tests are an acceptable al...
While PCR tests were the first tests available and the most commonly used COVID-19 diagnostic tool up to this point, rapid antigen tests are now more widely available, and have clear advantages over PCR tests in many contexts. Rapid antigen tests (such as at-home testing kits) can be easily used, and the results are available in as few as 15 minute...
Staying home when sick and testing for COVID-19;Isolating if test positive for COVID-19 (or if test results are pending) and notifying close contacts;Quarantining if not vaccinated and boosted and have been exposed to COVID-19.- Marc Fortier
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Dec 15, 2021 · A COVID-19 test swab in a vial. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Massachusetts. The positive test rate has more than doubled over the past month, and the current case count ...
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Jan 23, 2024 · Dorchester, MA 02125: 617-388-5007. COVID-19 testing now takes place by appointment and for current patients only. Testing is located in the outdoor parking lot testing tent. Monday Wednesday, Thursday, 9 - 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, 1 - 4 p.m. Friday, 10 - 11:30 a.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Whittier Street Health Center: 1290 Tremont Street ...
Dec 29, 2021 · The Baker administration on Tuesday adopted the CDC’s latest federal isolation guidelines for people infected with COVID. For those who test positive, regardless of vaccination status, both the CDC and Massachusetts health officials recommend that you: Stay home for 5 days. Continue to wear a mask around others for 5 additional days.
