4 more free COVID tests will be available to each household ahead of the holidays
Source: ABC News
Ahead of the approaching holidays and a potential rise in cases this winter, the government is once again allowing households to order a fresh wave of four COVID-19 tests for free online.
The website, covidtests.gov, remains one of the last remaining ways Americans can secure free at-home rapid test after the end of the public health emergency last spring ended the requirement for insurance companies to cover eight tests per month.
Over the past three years, the return of winter has also brought a resurgence of COVID-19. According to modeling data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, health officials are anticipating a similar number of hospitalizations this year as they saw last year, which topped nearly 45,000 per week at its peak.
The test ordering site relaunched last month, offering four tests per household, and will now offer an additional four tests per household for anyone who has already ordered -- or eight tests per household for anyone who hasn't placed an order yet this fall.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/4-free-covid-tests-household-ahead-holidays/story?id=104989775
Link to request Covid tests: https://www.covid.gov/tests

greatauntoftriplets
(175,205 posts)
catrose
(4,943 posts)BumRushDaShow
(121,828 posts)Had also ordered when they first opened it back up again.
Kali
(54,772 posts)just got my last set, and now ordered these. going through my stash this month. our house finally got hit. no clue how we picked it up, never go anywhere
MistakenLamb
(329 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,061 posts)Novara
(5,241 posts)Dem2theMax
(9,451 posts)Ordered more, and will spread the word to neighbors and friends.
BigmanPigman
(50,798 posts)free tests too. Thanks!
meow2u3
(24,688 posts)I need those COVID tests while I'm recovering from a right total knee replacement. The last thing I need is rona.