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Dec 2, 2020 · The state has opened several semi-permanent COVID-19 saliva testing locations across Minnesota. So far, they are: Brooklyn Park. Starlite Center. 8085 Brooklyn Blvd, Brooklyn Park, MN...
Oct 27, 2020 · MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Minnesota is opening its sixth COVID-19 saliva testing site in St. Cloud Wednesday. The saliva testing site will be located at River’s Edge Convention Center. It...
Both testing sites will open Thursday, November 11. The state also began offering rapid tests at an existing community saliva testing location in Lino Lakes. The existing saliva site in Minneapolis will begin rapid testing on Friday, November 12.
Nov 12, 2020 · Saliva testing is conducted at the state's testing sites or at home, and requires the person being tested to spit for about 10 minutes into a plastic tube. This is a good way to find cases...
- What Types of Tests Are available?
- When Should I Get Tested?
- How Do I Get Tested?
- Will It Cost anything?
- When Will I Get Results?
- What About Antibody Tests?
There are two general categories of tests available in Minnesota: Antibody tests and diagnostic tests. The most commonly administered COVID-19 tests in Minnesota are diagnostic tests, which determine whether you are infected with the coronavirus at the moment you’re tested. Those are the tests that the state reports in its daily updates— and the te...
In general, the Minnesota Department of Health recommends that people get a diagnostic test if they: 1. have COVID-19 symptoms; or 1. know that they were exposed to someone with COVID-19, even if they don’t have symptoms. But those recommendations come with some important caveats. Because testing supply stocks can fluctuate, some providers may prio...
There are several ways people can get COVID-19 tests in Minnesota. Talk to your doctor or go to a clinic. If you have a regular doctor, call them to get a referral for a COVID-19 test. To avoid charges, make sure the testing location is in your insurance company’s network. The state department of health maintains an active and changing list of test...
COVID-19 diagnostic testing should not cost you anything. Federal law requires tests and any associated office-visit cost to be covered by insurance companies without what’s called cost-sharing. Minnesota's private health insurance companies have committed to these rules indefinitely. If you get your insurance through Medicare or Medicaid, you shou...
A PCR test result can take as little as a day or as many as several days to get back to the patient. The speed of return depends on several factors, including the availability of supplies, backlogs at labs and where a person is tested. As mentioned above, antigen test results can be determined in a matter of minutes, the trade-off being that they a...
Serology tests, or antibody tests, detect COVID-19 antibodies — proteins the body produces to fight a virus, and a sign that someone has been exposed to the virus and recovered. Unlike diagnostic tests, these tests rely on blood samples. State and local officials have cautionedagainst a flood of these tests on the market that may not be reliable or...
Apr 24, 2022 · Minnesota has committed more than $111 million to saliva testing and still uses it at community sites across the state. Early in the pandemic, it helped grow the state’s capacity and gave it...
Oct 13, 2020 · Semi-permanent saliva testing sites will open in Moorhead on October 17 and Brooklyn Park on October 20. These sites will offer free saliva tests to any Minnesotan who believes they need to be tested, as part of the state’s strategy to provide easy access to quick, reliable testing.
