Masks
Tompkins County has purchased KN95 face masks in both adult and youth sizes to provide you with access to these high-quality products, free of charge. Due to their tight fit around the face, these masks provide better protection than cloth or surgical masks and are recommended to be worn when you are indoors around others, especially if you or others around you are not vaccinated against COVID-19 or at higher risk of severe illness.
- Additional information about KN95 masks, including a video on how to wear them.
Test Kits
Please Note: New York State no longer has test kits available for distribution, thus ending Whole Health's COVID-19 test kit distribution efforts as of April 4, 2024.
Since January 2022, WH has distributed over 275,000 test kits to our community, free of charge, to assist in reducing the spread of COVID-19. Our local partners have played a significant role in getting these kits out to the community, especially to those at high-risk of severe illness and/or without means of obtaining these items on their own. Whole Health thanks everyone involved for their effort and support.
Additional information on self-testing is available here.
(Updated 4/4/24)
Distribution Locations
Please contact the outlet directly about their current availability of these products. Youth masks are only being distributed at libraries.
Municipalities:
- Town of Caroline
- Town of Danby
- Town of Enfield
- Town of Lansing
- Town of Groton
- Village of Groton
- Village of Freeville
- Village of Cayuga Heights
Libraries:
- Tompkins County Public Library, Green & S. Cayuga Streets, Ithaca
- Southworth Library, Dryden
- Lansing Public Library, Lansing
- Ulysses Philomathic Library, Trumansburg
- Newfield Public Library, Newfield
- Groton Public Library, Groton
Community centers and organizations
- Ithaca/Lansing: Tompkins County Whole Health, 55 Brown Road
- Ithaca downtown: Tompkins County Office for the Aging, 214 W. MLK/State St.
- Ithaca South End: Southside Community Center, 305 S. Plain St.
- Ithaca North Side: Finger Lakes Independence Center, 215 5th St.
- Groton: American Legion post, 307 Main Street.
