Warren To Distribute More At-Home COVID-19 Test Kits

WARREN, RI — Warren resident can collect free, at-home COVID-19 test kits this weekend at St. Mary of the Bay Church's parking lot.

Distribution will start a 9 a.m. Saturday and continue until 11 a.m., or they run out of test kits. Kits will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis and proof of residency will be required.

The distribution event is a partnership between the town, the Warren Health Equity Zone and the St. Mary of the Bay Food Pantry.

The tests are a portion of the 500,000 additional kits that arrived in Rhode Island in late January. The state allocated 70 percent to cities and towns, which were given out based on population. The remainder were given to community organizations and health equity zones.