Free at-home COVID test program revived.
rising and hospitals filling up nationwide, the Biden Administration on Wednesday announced a "winter preparedness plan" for what could be a tough season ahead.
One step towards protecting Americans from spreading infection: Restarting a program where every household in the country is eligible to receive four freeOne request per household will be filled via COVIDtests.gov in a "limited round of ordering this winter," a senior administration official told reporters on Wednesday,reported. The first test kits will be sent out the week of Dec. 19 via the U.S. Postal Service.
"Procurements are ongoing and so I can't give you exact numbers on how this is going to land, but we feel confident that we are going to have enough tests to get through this round, four per household, in the coming weeks," the official said. The free COVID test program was halted in September after further funding for pandemic response programs was curtailed by Congress. The administration official said the COVID test program restart was funded by funds from the American Rescue Plan after "hard choices" were made over funding priorities,According to the official, "we're able to reopen COVIDtests.
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