State DOH makes additional free COVID-19 Tests available to state residents

The South Dakota Department of Health announced last week that it has obtained one-million Flowflex® COVID-19 Antigen home tests. These tests will be made available, free of charge, to residents that want one. These tests are in addition to the Vault Health® test kits that have been available for more than a year through the Department’s website.

Joan Adam, Interim State Health Secretary, said that this additional testing option will bolster their testing capacity and help slow the spread of the virus.

These antigen rapid tests can be done at home in around fifteen minutes, and users follow a provided step-by-step instruction guide to complete testing.  

Flowflex tests will arrive in the state later this week and will be made available statewide through testing partners across the state. The state Health Department will also publish a list of locations where residents can pick up a test on its website and social media channels.