CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced it will be distributing 1 million over-the-counter COVID-19 rapid antigen tests to residents in economically disadvantaged zip codes through a partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation’s public charity, RF Catalytic Capital and its Project ACT program. The announcement comes as the CDC released data showing that 31 counties in Illinois are at an elevated Community Level for COVID-19, with all of those at the Medium level. Through the Project ACT program, IDPH will be distributing one million at-home antigen tests to 200,000 Illinois families in zip codes outside the City of Chicago. Households can find out if they are in an eligible zip code and request one package of five tests on a first-come-first-serve basis at the Project ACT website, accesscovidtests.org . The tests will be delivered to the home address.
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