Mar 7, 2022 - Health

People in the U.S. can now order more free COVID tests

Ivana Saric

COVID-19 rapid test — An iHealth at home Covid-19 rapid antigen test supplied for free by the U.S. Postal Service arranged in Hudson, New York. Photo: Angus Mordant/ Bloomberg

People in the U.S. can now order up to four additional free, at-home rapid COVID-19 tests from the government.

Driving the news: The Biden administration announced the program to provide people in the U.S. with free COVID-19 tests in December amid the Omicron surge, and the first batch of tests started going out to people in January.

Biden announced the additional free tests last week during his State of the Union address.
The tests can be ordered at COVIDtests.gov.

The big picture: "Starting this week, every home in the U.S. will be able to order an additional set of 4 tests," an update to the website's frequently asked questions page states.

The U.S. Postal Service announced last week that it has delivered 68 million free COVID-19 test kit packages — with 4 tests per package — since the tests began being shipped out in January.

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