Marylanders Scramble To Find Covid-19 Test Kits Amid Virus Surge

Baltimore's health department and libraries joined forces on Dec. 21 to hand out almost 5,000 free at-home COVID-19 test kits within minutes as residents scramble to find them, according to CBS Baltimore.

Line in Landover MD for to get a COVID-19 Test/Take Home Test
Photo Credit: *Robin Garrison*

Joe Gomez

12/22/2021 8:38 a.m.

For weeks there have been long lines at Coronavirus test sites in Maryland with many reports of people being unable to find rapid tests or being turned away at testing sites.

In Anne Arundel, businesses teamed with county officials to give out 100,000 test kits.

The kits, were forced to be limited to two per home and can be picked up at the following locations:

Anne Arundel County Police Department. Kits will be distributed from 6pm-9pm on Wednesday, Dec. 22, through Thursday, Dec. 23.
Arundel Mills, 7000 Arundel Mills Circle, Hanover. Guest services or the mall office.
Eastern District Police Station, 204 Pasadena Road, Pasadena
Maryland City Volunteer Fire Department, 3498 Fort Meade Rd, Laurel, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 22 while supplies last
Maryland Live! Casino and Hotel, 7002 Arundel Mills Circle, Hanover. Noon to 5 p.m. on Dec. 22, through Dec. 24. Operations resume Dec. 27 through the 30 at the event center.
Northern District Police Station, 939 Hammonds Lane, Brooklyn Park
Southern District Police Station 35 Stepneys Lane, Edgewater
Westfield Annapolis, 2002 Annapolis Mall, Annapolis. Dec. 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Western District Police Station, 8273 Telegraph Road, Odenton

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