Americans will be able to order the tests at CovidTests.Gov beginning Sept. 25.
The federal government program used for the last two winters to send freetests to Americans' homes will get up-and-running once again in the coming days, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Wednesday.
The website for free at-home tests has had an on-and-off presence since the winter of 2022, when the Omicron variant was driving cases up across the country. Still, the site relaunched again in December as cases began to climb again, then shut down this past June."We want them to be able to use those tests during this viral season -- fall, winter, respiratory viral season," Becerra said.
Officials said they didn't have an estimate yet for how many tests they expect Americans to order, given the shrinking demand for COVID precautionary measures. Roughly 755 million tests have been distributed through the website over the last two years.
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