Officials with Rex Pharmacy report they will offer a free, curbside COVID-19 test collection at their 1607 E 7^th Street location in Atlantic, beginning today (May 15^th).  Rex Pharmacy has partnered with the Department of Health and Human Services to provide testing to the public free of charge, to help address the COVID-19 crisis. Rex Pharmacy staff will provide extra support to area patients during COVID-19 recovery efforts with curbside test collection.

Patients can make appointments for testing at https://www.doineedacovid19test.com/Rex Pharmacy will provide appointment-based, curbside COVID-19 test collections for pre-screened individuals.

According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. If individuals have a cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fever, chills, muscle pain, sore throat or a new loss of taste or smell, they should consider testing. Updated CDC guidelines now also recommend testing for people with and without symptoms under certain conditions. Rex Pharmacy will provide testing options for eligible patients. The test is self-administered with a nasal swab and once the sample kit is sealed, staff submits the test to the lab for processing. Results are ready in three to five business days.