The funding will produce new at-home tests and restart a website to allow Americans to order four free tests per household

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600m in funding to produce new, at-home Covid-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household – aiming to prevent possible shortages during a rise in coronavirus cases that has typically come during colder months.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says orders can be placed at covidtests.gov starting 25 September, and that no-cost tests will be delivered for free by the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Twelve manufacturers that employ hundreds of people in seven states from California to Maryland have been awarded funding and will produce 200m over-the-counter tests to replenish federal stockpiles for government use, in addition to producing enough tests to meet demand for tests ordered online, the department said.

  • @Jumpinship@lemmy.world
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    310 months ago

    I used to test, but now that I know none of my friends or family don’t get sick there’s no point really. I can tell if I have vivid because I get a mild back soreness for an hour in the morning.

    • Drusas
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      210 months ago

      I think you might mean you know your friends and family don’t get sick… If none of your friends or family don’t get sick, that means all of them get sick.