“Township Public Notices”
Trustee Meetings
April 12, 2021 @ 7pm
April 26, 2021 @ 7pm
Zoning Commision Meetings
Meetings @ Harpersfield Township Administration Building
ALL MEETINGS Subject to COVID-19 Rules & Restrictions
Free COVID-19 At-Home Testing Kits Available at ACDL
The Ashtabula County District Library (ACDL) is assisting the Ohio Department of
Health (ODOH) in distributing, free to Ohio residents, the 15-minute Abbott BinaxNOW
COVID-19 Ag Card Home Test for at-home COVID-19 testing, in conjunction with a free
telehealth session provided by eMed proctors. According to an ODOH Home Tests Guidance
document received by the Library, “(t)he Ohio Department of Health has secured the
purchase of at least 2 million tests that can be self-administered outside of a clinical
setting. It is the Governor’s goal to make these tests available and accessible to
every Ohio county.”
“This service for COVID-19 testing prescribes and allows the test to be done rapidly
at home with virtual instruction and consultation”, the document continues. “A trained
telehealth professional guides those being tested through the at-home self-test via
video call” using the free NAVICA mobile app or by visiting the ohio.emed.com website.
Both the app and website require the use of a video camera for the free telehealth
session through which test results are determined.
“Though these free self-tests are available to all, the Library asks that if you
are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms such as fever/chills, cough, shortness of breath
or difficulty breathing, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, that you call ahead
to ask for curbside delivery or send a friend to the library to pick up a self-test
kit for you,” said Penny Neubauer, Director at ACDL. “Not only might these self-test
help with the routine COVID-19 testing required by the CDC for both domestic and
international travel, return to work procedures, or just our own personal peace of
mind, the hope is that widespread COVID-19 testing might support the urgent desire
we all have to get our communities and their economies fully open and ‘back to normal’.
Our libraries are extremely pleased to be able to play a part in this reopening process.”
The self-test kits are available at both the Ashtabula Public Library located at
4335 Park Ave, Ashtabula, 440- 997-9341; and the Geneva Public Library located at
860 Sherman St, Geneva, 440-466-4521.
The Ashtabula and Geneva Libraries are open Monday and Wednesday from 9:00am to 7:30pm;
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:00am to 6:00pm; and Saturday from 9:00am to 4:00pm.
The Virtual Library is always open at ACDL.info. Mask are required to enter library
buildings.
