Looking for a take-home COVID-19 test? Try your local library The Cincinnati Hamilton County Public Library joins a statewide initiative to give free take-home tests Share Updated: 1:09 PM EST Mar 12, 2021 The Cincinnati Hamilton County Public Library joins a statewide initiative to give free take-home tests Share Updated: 1:09 PM EST Mar 12, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript YOU CAN DO MUCH MORE THAN CHECK OUT A BOOK, MEREDITH. MEREDITH: GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FRIDAY TO YOU. YOU CAN ACTUALLY PULL UP AND DRIVE THROUGH ONE OF THESE DRIVE-THRU LOCATIONS AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND IN ESSENCE, YOU CAN DROP OFF A BOOK AND PICK OUT A TAKE-HOME TEST WLWT IS THE FIRST ORGANIZATION IN TOWN TO SHOW YOU THESE KIDS IN THE BASEMENT LIBRARY. THE STATEWIDE INITIATIVE IS WITH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OHIO LIBRARY COUNCIL PURCHASED FOUR MILLION KITS WITH FUNDS FROM THE CARES ACT THE CINCINNATI PUBLIC LIBRARY RECEIVED 4000 ABBOTT KITS THIS WEEK AND PLANS TO ORDER MORE AS NEEDED. THE TEST IS COMPERABLE TO A RAPID TEST, WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR RESULTS IN [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, GET THIS -- IN -- GET THIS -- 15 MINUTES. BUT I’M TOLD THESE TESTS ARE LESS INVASIVE. YOU CAN EITHER DOWNLOAD AN APP TO USE TELE-HEALTH SERVICES OR CALL THE NUMBER ON THE KIT TO FIND OUT YOUR RESULTS. >> I AM HEARING MORE AND MORE THAT PEOPLE NEED A REGULAR COVID TEST, BE IT FOR WORK OR SCHOOL OR FOR A EDUCATION PROGRAM, SO I AM HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT CONVENIENCE AND THAT CONSISTENCY MOVING FORWARD AS WE LOOK AT HOW THE PANDEMIC WILL CHANGE AND EVOLVE, ALONG WITH THE VACCINE. MEREDITH: THE GOAL HERE IS EQUITY WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESSING FOR TESTING. WE ARE TOLD THAT YOU CAN BEGIN PICKING UP THE TESTING KITS SOMETIME EARLY NEXT WEEK. AND YOU DON’T NEED AN APPOINTMENT. THEY ARE FREE. REPORTING LIVE, MEREDITH STUTZ, WLWT NEWS 5. KELLY: WITH SIX LOCATIONS ANNOUNCED, CAN YOU GIVE EXAMPLES OF MORE DRIVE-THRU LOCATIONS FOR PEOPLE? MEREDITH: WE DO WANT TO REMIND YOU, YOU CAN STILL DROP OFF BOOKS, LIKE NORMAL. WE A TOLD AT THE LOCATIONS WILL BE OPENING NEXT WEEK AND THAT INCLU