Duluth becomes one of Minnesota’s COVID ‘test-to-treat’ sites by mid-June

MINNESOTA-- Three Minnesota COVID-19 testing locations will soon be a test-to-treat site, Duluth being one of them.

This means, Minnesotans who get tested for COVID-19 and have a positive result and are considered as “high-risk,” will get a prescription for medication.

To get tested is still free.

If you get a positive COVID-19 result you can choose to be evaluated on site by a clinician and given a prescription for the antiviral medication Paxlovid.

The medication will also be free.

The testing site opens in Duluth will June 14.

Walk-ins are accepted but appointments are recommended.

Only high-risk patients will receive a prescription.

Additional test-to-treat locations will open in Brooklyn Park and Moorhead.