Residents Grab Their Free At-Home COVID Test Kits

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to ravage throughout Southern California, so is the demand for testing kits.

“I want to get a negative covid test so that I can stop self-isolating from my girlfriend,” said patient Tim Banh.

Residents lined up at their local testing sites to pick up their at-home kits after a program to mail the kits fizzled under the high demand. Sites like Plummer Park in West Hollywood turned into an open-air medical center as lines of people picked up their free at-home testing kits. However, instead of returning to the comfort of their homes, and conducting the tests there, some residents tilted their heads and shoved the cotton swabs into their noses quickly after receiving the kits.

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