The federal government has just revived a popular pandemic program that will allow you to get free COVID tests delivered in your home.
As of Sept. 25, the federal government is allowing people to submit requests for new free tests through itswebsite."Every U.S. Household can again place an order to receive four more free COVID-19 rapid tests delivered directly to their home," a banner on the website states. You can also call 1-800-232-0233 if you need help placing an order for your at-home tests.
"These tests will detect the currently circulating COVID-19 variants," the HHS said in its release. They will be delivered at no cost by the U.S. Postal Service like they have been in the past, according to the AP. O'Connell also told the news outlet that the COVIDTests.gov website will remain open to receive orders throughout at least the holidays and added that they"reserve the right to keep it open even longer if we're starting to see an increase in cases.
"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."Since the very beginning of the free at-home COVID test program, the federal government has already delivered over 755 million free tests to households across the U.S.
But if you still have unused tests from previous rounds, you may still be able to use them—even if the box indicates that it is expired. In the new banner on COVIDTests.gov, officials are advisingthe U.S. Food and Drug Administration's website before they"throw out 'expired' tests." That's because many COVID test kits have actually had their shelf lives extended, according to the FDA.
"Once the test manufacturer has more stability testing results, such as 12 or 18 months, the test manufacturer can contact the FDA to request that the FDA authorize a," the agency explains."When a longer shelf-life is authorized, the expiration dates will be extended and the test manufacturer may send a notice to customers to provide the new authorized expiration dates, so the customers know how long they can use the tests they already have.
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