This fall, People as soon as once more could have entry to free at-home COVID-19 testing kits.
The Biden administration introduced on Sept. 20 that each one households are eligible to obtain one other spherical of free at-home assessments. You’ll be able to order 4 free testing kits per family on the authorities’s official COVID.gov web site beginning on Sept. 25.
In response to the location, these free at-home assessments are designed to be used:
- “When you start having COVID-19 signs like fever, sore throat, runny nostril, or lack of style or scent, or
- A minimum of 5 days after you come into shut contact with somebody with COVID-19, or
- If you’re going to assemble with a bunch of individuals, particularly those that are vulnerable to extreme illness or is probably not updated on their COVID-19 vaccines”
When you nonetheless have assessments readily available at residence, the federal government urges you to test their expiration dates earlier than throwing them out. You’ll be able to study extra about check expiration dates on the Meals and Drug Administration web site.
If you’re in pressing want of testing for COVID-19, your choices embody:
- Shopping for an at-home check at a retailer, reminiscent of a pharmacy.
- Checking without spending a dime testing websites in your space. Greater than 15,000 such websites can be found. Go to testinglocator.cdc.gov to seek for one close to you.