Healthy Danbury Day: Free COVID-19 Tests And Flu Shots Available

Press release from the City of Danbury:

Oct. 14, 2020

This year, Mission Health Day has been re-designed into Healthy Danbury Day to help community members in need during the Coronavirus pandemic by providing essential health services and information about available social services. The Danbury Health and Human Services Department, in partnership with Connecticut Institute For Communities (CIFC) and Danbury Hospital/Nuvance Health, will provide free COVID-19 testing, flu vaccinations and personal care packages on Saturday, October 17th at Rogers Park Middle School. Participants do not need to provide insurance or a driver’s license to receive the free services. The drive-thru event will take place at 21 Memorial Drive in the front of the school and operate from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. CIFC will have medical staff conducting nasal swab testing, while the Danbury Health Department will administer flu vaccinations with support of Danbury Hospital/Nuvance Health.

Connecticut with a population of almost 3.5 million, has tested nearly 2 million residents to date with 61,697 testing positive for COVID-19. The City of Danbury has conducted 54,714 COVID-19 tests to date with 3,240 testing positive. Currently, there are no FDA approved vaccines to prevent coronavirus disease as the virus is spread through respiratory droplets from an infected person. As asymptomatic individuals can still spread the disease, widespread testing, social distancing and the use of masks during interactions have helped to combat further spread of the coronavirus.

For more information please contact Indira Meza of Connecticut Institute for Communities at 203-456-1413 or Veasna Roeun of Danbury Health and Human Services at 203-797-4625.

This press release was produced by the City of Danbury. The views expressed here are the author's own.