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The U. S. Department of Health and Human Servicesannounced Monday that families are eligible for a round of four free at-home COVID-19 tests.
Tests can be ordered through the government and will be sent directly to homes. HHS said new tests will be sent out starting the week of Nov. 27.
This is the second time this fall that families have been eligible for flexible COVID-19 testing. On Sept. 25, the Biden administration relaunched covid. gov/tests, allowing families to take four free COVID-19 tests. The relaunch came after $600 million was earmarked for the production of the tests.
The $600 million would be used to perform two hundred million COVID-19 tests.
Households that have ordered free COVID-19 tests since September are eligible for up to 8 free at-home tests.
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Covid. gov/tests was first introduced in January 2022, at the height of the Omicron variant. Nearly 40 million families requested flexible testing at the initial rollout.
At-home tests give results in 30 minutes and do not require delivery to the lab.
Authorities proposed a COVID-19 check at home after experiencing COVID symptoms such as fever, sore throat, runny nose or loss of taste. They also proposed getting checked five days after being in close contact with someone with COVID-19.
More than three-and-a-half years after COVID-19 began spreading in the U. S. , the U. S. has been the first to reach the U. S. In the U. S. , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 16,239 hospitalizations during the week of Nov. 11.
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