Asymptomatic Testing Available In Anne Arundel County

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — Some medical providers in Anne Arundel County are now able to test both symptomatic and asymptomatic residents. The Anne Arundel County Department of Health is working with private health care providers to offer this service.

“By significantly expanding our testing, and following that up with contact tracing on all positive cases, Anne Arundel County will be able to shift from the blunt instruments of economic shutdown and stay-at-home toward responsible reopening, while effectively isolating the virus and limiting community spread,” said Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman in a news release.

Anne Arundel County Health Officer Nilesh Kalyanaraman, M.D., and health department staff have reached out to local health care providers, including through webinars and the Medical Society.

The department encourages providers to:

• inform their patients of COVID-19 symptoms
• offer testing to symptomatic patients and to asymptomatic high-risk patients
• test patients as soon as they have any COVID-19 signs or symptoms

“Testing symptomatic and high-risk asymptomatic individuals will help to quickly identify and care for infected people and their contacts,” said Kalyanaraman. “Getting tested as soon as you start having symptoms is critical to slowing the spread.”

Residents should check with their primary care providers to see if they are offering testing. If testing is not available through their provider, they can visit aahealth.org/covid19

or call the county’s COVID-19 Health Line, 410-222-7256, for testing information or to schedule an appointment at no cost.