HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — Hamilton County has been selected as one of only two counties in the country for a take-home COVID-19 testing program.

More than a year after the pandemic began, residents say this unprecedented opportunity could be a game-changer.

A majority of people we spoke with about the news told us they are looking forward to testing themselves at home.

A Cempa Community Care official tells us that this could help the fight against COVID-19 by providing more access to the community.

Cempa Community Care is one of the few locations still offering testing in Hamilton County. At the beginning of the pandemic, staff conducted the testing. Now, they let residents swab themselves.

This is something you can do from the comfort of your own home with the new testing kits.

“We had medical providers actually administering the swabs and now we’re in a model where they’re self-swabbing, so this seems like a natural step to offer that in-home testing,” says Cempa Mobile Clinic Coordinator Loni Howard.

Howard thinks the community would respond positively if COVID testing was done in the home.

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