Families across the country will be able to return to free COVID-19 testing at home starting Monday, Sept. 25, according to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. U. S. Department of Health (HHS).
Each family can request four tests by submitting an application form in COVIDTests. gov. The tests can detect variants of COVID-19 that are recently circulating and are expected to be used through the end of 2023, according to HHS.
The government-run online page was turning on and off due to political disputes over COVID-19 investment and has not been active since June, according to an ABC News report.
The fall relaunch of COVIDTests. gov is strategic for fitness officials.
“We need [people] to be able to use those tests in this viral season — the fall-winter respiratory viral season,” said Xavier Becerra, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, who made the announcement at a CVS in Washington. D. C. while receiving her updated COVID-19 and flu vaccine, according to the ABC report.
When used correctly, COVID at home can have an impact, according to the American Medical Association.
Situations where getting tested for COVID-19 may be helpful include:
If asking for new checks encourages you to do a little cleaning (with old ones!), don’t throw away a COVID-19 check you already have just because the expiration date has passed.
Most at-home COVID-19 control kits have obtained expiration extensions from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration. This means they can be used even after the expiration date indicated on the box. To see if your COVID-19 control kit has an expiration extension, check the FDA’s list of internal and over-the-counter legal controls.
This loose set of COVID-19 tests will be delivered by U. S. Postal Service mail. All orders in the continental United States will be shipped using a first-class parcel service. Shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, U. S. territories U. S. military and foreign diplomatic addresses (APO, FPO, or DPO) will be sent by priority mail.
If you want a COVID-19 test right away and can’t wait to be handed a loose kit, HHS suggests the CDC’s search tool to locate one of thousands of loose network verification sites, adding pharmacies, across the country.
The government company also distributes free at-home testing to schools, nursing homes, network fitness centers, rural fitness clinics, food banks and other widely accessible locations.
If you have health insurance from an employer or insurance through the Marketplace (from the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare”), Medicare, or Medicaid, your insurance covers the cost of over-the-counter home COVID testing, up to 8 as stated. month for each user in your plan, according to HHS and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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