The federal government is restarting a website allowing Americans to order up to four free COVID-19 tests per household.
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday endorsed the new shots for everyone 6 months of age and older.The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household -- aiming to prevent possible shortages during a rise in coronavirus cases that has typically come during colder months.starting Sept.
COVID-19 antigen home tests indicating a positive result are photographed in New York, April 5, 2023."If there is a demand for these tests, we want to make sure that they're made available to the American people for free in this way," O'Connell said. "But, at this point, our focus is getting through the holidays and making sure folks can take a test if they're going to see Grandma for Thanksgiving.
It is also meant to complement ongoing federal efforts to provide free COVID tests to long-term care facilities, schools, low-income senior housing, uninsured individuals and underserved communities which are already distributing 4 million per week and have distributed 500 million tests to date, the department said.
She added that also "there's always an opportunity or chance for another variant to come" but "we're not anticipating that."
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Federal government to relaunch free COVID tests programAmericans would be able to order the tests at CovidTests.Gov in coming weeks.
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Federal government to relaunch free COVID tests programAmericans would be able to order the tests at CovidTests.Gov in coming weeks.
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Federal government to relaunch free COVID tests programAmericans would be able to order the tests at CovidTests.Gov in coming weeks.
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Federal government to relaunch free COVID tests programAmericans would be able to order the tests at CovidTests.Gov in coming weeks.
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Federal government to relaunch free COVID tests programAmericans would be able to order the tests at CovidTests.Gov in coming weeks.
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