Free, at-home COVID tests are back. Here’s how to order yours BYLindsey Leake September 25, 2024 at 4:36 AM GMT+8 COVIDtests.gov will once again offer each U.S. household four free COVID-19 test kits beginning in late September 2024. ljubaphoto/Getty Images The summer wave of...
The government has already disbursed more than 900 million free at-home COVID-19 tests, and will be reopening its free test kit portal.
In December, the White House released another batch of four free at-home COVID-19 tests per household. If you haven't claimed them yet, you can still get them shipped to you courtesy of the United States Postal Service.
While none of the free COVID-19 tests being shipped by the U.S. Postal Service this year will have already expired, officials acknowledge many now arriving in mailboxes will likely see their shelf life run out in a few months. So far this season, around 20 million of the 32 million ...
New tests would be procured to replace tests distributed over the coming weeks under existing funding authorities. The Biden administration is still asking Congress for billions of dollars in additional funding for the virus response. RELATED: US health officials renew push for COVID-19 boosters, ...
Last month, President Joe Biden announced the government would buy 1 billion of the tests to be made available to people in the U.S. for free. The first 500 million of those tests will be available online starting Wednesday. Last week, the White House announced that a dedicated str...
The free tests will shipped out next week, beginning Oct. 2. Previously, the free tests were typically shipped within seven to 12 days of ordering, with most tests delivered by the USPS within 48 hours of shipping. And here’s an important note about expiration dates: Several FDA-authoriz...
The Biden administration announced that starting Sept. 25, U.S. households can once again order four free COVID-19 test kits through COVIDTests.gov.
President Biden announced the plan to buy 500 million tests for the public in December 2021, as omicron cases were already surging in the U.S. Americans weren’t able to order the free tests until the second half of January, leading to criticism that the government response was to...
As before, it’s extremely simple to put in your order. You will not need to submit a credit card or any other financial information. Go to covidtests.gov. Tap on the button reading Order Free At-home Tests. If you don’t see the button for any reason, you can go directly to...