Officials at the Indiana Department of Health are making changes to testing operations due to a high demand and national shortage of rapid test kits.
Rapid tests at state and local health department testing sites will be available to individuals 18 and younger and symptomatic individuals aged 50 and older due to the national shortage of rapid antigen tests. This change is designed to help ensure that students can stay in school and that residents who are likely to need a monoclonal antibody are identified within the prescribed window for administration.
The state typically uses 50,000 rapid tests per week, but is only guaranteed to receive 11,000 a week for now.
No appointments for rapid tests will honored at state or local health department sites, except for individuals who fall within the categories previously mentioned. PCR tests, with results in one or two days, will continue to be offered at all testing sites.
More information on testing can be found at www.coronavirus.in.gov.
