COVID-19 Testing For The New Year: See Locations In Minnesota

MINNESOTA — If you had friends or family over to celebrate the New Year, you may be looking for a coronavirus testing site to stay safe.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s holiday guidance recommends gatherings with multiple households should take additional measures like getting tested and avoiding crowded indoor places before traveling.

Anyone who tested positive for COVID-19 should not travel until they end isolation, the CDC said. Public health officials are encouraging people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus to protect young children and others who are not eligible or have not received a vaccine.

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Anyone who may be sick or has symptoms should stay home and away from others, the CDC says. They should also get tested for the virus as should anyone who may have been in close contact with a person who has COVID-19, the agency says.

Click here for a full list of testing locations on the Minnesota Department of Health website.

Testing sites at the Minneapolis Convention Center and Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul have expanded holiday hours for the first week of 2022.

The convention center will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday. The Roy Wilkins Auditorium is scheduled to be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Thursday.

Both sites will return to normal hours Jan. 10.