Simsbury Distributing COVID-19 Tests, N95 Masks On Saturday

SIMSBURY, CT — Are you a Simsbury resident looking for a COVID-19 test?

The town will give out around 850 test kits and N95 masks on Saturday (Jan. 15) at the Public Works Facility (66 Town Forest Road), weather-permitting.

Tests will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis via drive-thru beginning at 9 a.m.

Residents can receive one test kit per household, and each kit contains two tests. Proof of Simsbury residency is required, and the town will accept a driver's license or utility mail as proof of residency (a P.O. box number will not be accepted).

Vehicles should enter Town Forest Road via Tootin Hill Road (off West Mountain Road). Vehicles are not allowed to enter Town Forest Road via Stratton Brook Road.

A map with driving directions can be found here.

Per guidance from the state and recommendations from the Farmington Valley Health District, a portion of the kits the state gave the town are saved for essential municipal services/public safety providers, daycares and settings that support vulnerable populations.

The roughly 850 kits that will be given out Saturday are left for the general public after those distributions.

Officials said home test kits are most effective for testing symptomatic individuals, and provided this guidance from the Farmington Valley Health District:

"A positive test should be treated as a positive test and the individual should isolate, and conduct contact tracing. A symptomatic individual with a negative home test should use precaution to reduce the risk of spreading illness and seek a PCR test."

More information from the town can be found here.