COVID-19 Testing
COVID-19 Free Testing Events
Loudoun County is hosting a free drive-thru testing event for COVID-19.
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Claude Moore Park
46150 Loudoun Park Lane, Sterling, 20164
Registration Form
Download the form, fill out the form, print the form, and bring completed forms with you to the testing site. If you do not have access to a printer or do not fill out a form in advance, forms will also be available at the testing site.
The form is required and asks for general information including name, date of birth, address, phone number and current symptoms, if any. Your information will be kept private.
Details
- Open to everyone; no age or residency requirements.
- No prescriptions or appointments necessary.
- Drive-thru only.
- A person does not have to exhibit symptoms of COVID-19 in order to be tested.
- A PCR test (nasal swab) will be administered, which tests for the novel coronavirus.
- Results will be available within a week.
- No antibody testing will be offered.
- No COVID-19 vaccine will be available at this event.
Find COVID-19 Testing Locations
- Visit the Virginia Department of Health's website to find COVID-19 testing locations in Loudoun County and Northern Virginia, including one-day testing events. Enter your locality in the search field to find locations near you.
- Find locations in Loudoun County that provide the antigen or "rapid test."
- If you have questions about testing or need help finding testing, call the Health Department information line at 703-737-8300, Monday-Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
PCR and Antigen (rapid) Tests
- There are generally two types of tests available for COVID-19: a PCR test and an antigen test.
- Learn more about the difference between the two tests.
Antibody Testing
- Antibody tests check for antibodies, which can show if an individual had a past infection with the virus that causes COVID-19.
- A positive antibody test result shows an individual has antibodies from an infection with the virus that causes COVID-19, or possibly from infection with a related virus from the same family of viruses (called coronavirus), such as one that causes the common cold.
- Antibody tests should not be used to diagnose COVID-19. A viral test is needed to show a current COVID-19 infection.
- The CDC does not know yet if having antibodies to the virus that causes COVID-19 can protect someone from getting infected again or, if they do, how long this protection might last.
- Learn more about antibody testing from the CDC.
- If you have been in contact with someone infected with COVID-19 or you have symptoms—such as cough, fever, and shortness of breath—call your doctor or health care provider before visiting.
- There is no treatment specifically approved for this virus and most people have mild illness and can recover at home.
- If you think you have been exposed to COVID-19 and are not able to get tested, inform your close contacts and continue to follow preventive measures recommend by the Centers for Disease Control, such as frequent hand washing, avoiding crowds and staying at least 6 feet away from other people.
- Learn more about what to do if you are sick or caring for someone who is sick.
- Health care providers will ask you questions to determine whether you need a COVID-19 test.
- Guidance for COVID-19 testing from the Virginia department of Health is posted online.
- However, it is important to note that individual doctors’ offices, pharmacies and the operators of drive-through testing services may use varying criteria.
- For the test, a health care provider will need to collect a specimen, which is a nasal or throat swab that is sent to a lab.
Will the Health Department contact me if I get a positive COVID-19 test?
- If you test positive for COVID, you may be contacted by a Loudoun County Health Department Case Investigator (usually by phone) for a voluntary and confidential conversation.
- The case investigator will ask you some questions to understand more about you and your illness. The interviewer will work with you to create a list of all of the people you may have had close contact with while you were sick, and right before you felt sick. This process helps to find people who may have been exposed to COVID-19.
- After your close contacts have been identified, a contact tracer will reach out and notify them of their possible exposure as soon as possible. When the interviewer calls close contacts, they do NOT tell them who it was who tested positive for COVID-19. This conversation will be confidential to protect and respect your privacy.
- Both case investigators and contact tracers will also provide education, information, and support to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
- Read more about case investigations and contact tracing on the Virginia Department of Health website.
Loudoun County COVID-19 Testing Task Force
- The Loudoun County COVID-19 Testing Task Force was organized to help facilitate the availability of more COVID-19 testing in the community.
- The Task Force is comprised of health care providers, infectious disease and public health experts, nonprofit representatives, and county officials.
- Visit the Task Force’s webpage for more information about testing, current Task Force recommendations for antibody testing, and resources from and for physicians.
Resources
Receive updates from Loudoun County
- Text LCCOVID19 to 888777 to receive text alerts from Loudoun County about COVID-19
- Sign up for email and text updates on COVID-19 in Notify Me, Blogs category
- Follow the Loudoun County Government Facebook Page and @LoudounCoGovt
Contact us with Questions
- Email the Health Department
- Call the information line: 703-737-8300
- Monday-Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.