Free at-home Covid test kits are still available

Residents are reminded the City of Las Cruces has distributed at-home COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test kits as part of a joint distribution plan that includes the Doña Ana County Health and Human Services Department.

At-Home test kits are still available at City facilities. The facilities include:

• Munson Senior Center, 975 S. Mesquite St., 575/528-3000.
• Meerscheidt Recreation Center, 1600 E. Hadley Ave., 575/541-2563.
• Frank O’Brien Papen Center, 304 W. Bell Ave., 575/541-2455.
• Sage Café Senior Center, 6121 Reynolds Drive., 575/528-3151.
• Henry Benavidez Community Center, 1045 McClure Road., 575/541-5188.
• Eastside Community Center, 310 N. Tornillo St., 575/524-1632.
• Mesilla Valley Intermodal Transit Terminal, 300 E. Lohman Ave. Ave., 575/541-2500.

Additional kits are in storage and are ready for deployment to City distribution sites. Each kit contains two tests.

Anyone who picks up a free COVID test kit will be required to provide proof of residency. There will be a limit of three tests kits available to each family.

The New Mexico Department of Health purchased at-home COVID-19 test kits for distribution to areas with high social vulnerability to provide the tools necessary for residents to help combat the surge in COVID-19 cases in New Mexico.

For information, or questions about availability, residents can call the City facility where they want to pick up test kits.