Biden administration announces $600M to produce COVID tests and will reopen website to order them

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Source: AP

Updated 3:00 PM EDT, September 20, 2023


WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household — aiming to prevent possible shortages during a rise in coronavirus cases that has typically come during colder months.

The Department of Health and Human Services says orders can be placed at COVIDTests.gov starting Sept. 25, and that no-cost tests will be delivered for free by the United States Postal Service.

Twelve manufacturers that employ hundreds of people in seven states have been awarded funding and will produce 200 million over-the-counter tests to replenish federal stockpiles for government use, in addition to producing enough tests to meet demand for tests ordered online, the department said. Federal officials said that will help guard against supply chain issues that sparked some shortages of at-home COVID tests made overseas during past surges in coronavirus cases.

Dawn O’Connell, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at HHS, said the website will remain functional to receive orders through the holidays and “we reserve the right to keep it open even longer if we’re starting to see an increase in cases.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/covid-tests-free-online-order-winter-6de740359e7648a85184dcac47aa96fa

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This is great news!

[Deep State Witch]

1. Excellent!

I'm on my last free one from when they discontinued them last spring.

[onetexan]

2. K&R!!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. This is great news

[Marthe48]

4. We need this

Most Americans want to to be safe and protect others from illness.

[sheshe2]

5. Excellent news!

I just got my COVID and Flu shots today as well.

Thank you President Biden!

[Backseat Driver]

6. Both on the agenda for early next month! n/t

[Rebl2]

14. Can't find

the new Covid vaccine in my area pharmacies. Doctors offices never had them in the past and doubt they will now.

[sheshe2]

17. They just received them late last week.

I booked at CVS and then was notified that I had to reschedule, they didn't have it for my shot Monday. Changed it to today. I asked the man who gave me the shot about it and he said they ran out a few times because of high demand. Good to know so many are getting the shot.

Keep trying, I wasn't able to get a local shot, I had to get one a few towns away.

Good Luck.

[Rebl2]

19. Well I checked

again and one CVS (in my town) has Moderna, but I want Pfizer vaccine. We have two CVS in my town, one only gives Moderna and the other gives Pfizer, so I will check the other one out.

[sheshe2]

20. 👍

[mahina]

7. God bless him. Cases are way up here in the islands and in home tests cant be had

For love or money except by mail.

[Fritz Walter]

8. Sure beats the price I saw at Costco last week!

I think it was $25 for a pack of 10 test kits.

Well done, sir!

[mahina]

9. Omg that is cheap! They were $25/2 before they got really hard to find here

[Unwind Your Mind]

16. That is cheap

I paid 35 for 5 recently

[JudyM]

22. Saw $25/2 today here in the northeast, too.

[MistakenLamb]

10. Finally a leader who handles pandemics well again

After Trump practically dismantled the pandemic response in his term before COVID came

[sheshe2]

18. +1

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

11. 👍🏼👍🏼 🕶 🍦

[ShazamIam]

12. More evidence the Biden administration understands the concept of public safety. nt

[Catherine Vincent]

13. Very good

They should throw in a couple of N95 masks while they're at it.

[iluvtennis]

15. Awesome news! Thank you President Biden. n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

21. That's so woke - Ron DeShithead

[BigmanPigman]

23. This is what a REAL

president does. Too many people don't understand this. Too many American morons are influencing other morons.

[Martin68]

24. Good move. Testing is essential.

[Attilatheblond]

25. CDC link to this vital information

https://www.covid.gov/tests]

COVID-19 Tests

The COVIDtests.gov program has distributed over 755 million tests directly to more than two-thirds of American households, 310 million of which went to households in underserved communities. The U.S. government will continue to make COVID-19 tests available to uninsured individuals and underserved communities through existing outreach programs. Please contact a HRSA health center, Test to Treat site, or ICATT location near you to learn how to access low- or no-cost COVID-19 tests provided by the federal government.