A new federal website to request free COVID-19 test kits -- originally scheduled to launch Wednesday -- is online now.
. The first tests will ship by the end of January. The White House says "tests will typically ship within 7-12 days of ordering" through the U.S. Postal Service. USPS reports shipping times of 1-3 days for its first-class package service in the continental United States. Shipments to Alaska, Hawaii, Army Post Office , Fleet Post Office and Diplomatic Post Office addresses will be sent through Priority Mail.
will initially be limited to four rapid tests per residential address, no matter the number of occupants.Starting Saturday, private insurers will be required to cover the cost of up to eight at-home rapid tests per month per insured person, according to a new Biden administration rule. Those with public health insurance through Medicare, or without insurance, will be directed to covidtests.gov to order tests or to community health centers in their area offering free testing.Dr. Sharon Stoll, a specialist in neuroimmunology at Yale School of Medicine, discusses a slight downward trajectory in COVID-19 cases.
In cases where infected people show symptoms or not, testing is the only way to find out if they have the virus so they can avoid being out and about and potentially spreading disease.
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