Time is running out to order free at-home COVID-19 tests after the government said on its coronavirus website that it will pause orders on Sept. 2 or “sooner if supplies run out.”
due to long COVID symptoms, according to a new estimate from Katie Bach, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, Axios’ Tina Reed reports.The at-home COVID test program first launched in January and initially allowed for four free tests per residential address, regardless of how many lived in a household. It expanded in March and in May.
from the government through a USPS website.If you can't order through the website, the hotline, 1-800-232-0233.People with insurance can get eight additional tests per person monthly paid for through their health plans or through reimbursement.for several over-the-counter COVID tests adding several months to the “use by” date, Axios' Melissa Santos reports.Go deeper:
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