COVIDtests.gov launches one day ahead of schedule

A White House website that allows radical to bid escaped COVID-19 trial kits straight to their homes appeared to beryllium operational connected Tuesday, a time up of its scheduled Wednesday motorboat date.

Visitors to COVIDtests.gov connected Tuesday were capable to click done to a USPS website and bid 4 escaped accelerated antigen trial kits. The USPS website said the kits would vessel successful "late January."

According to a fact sheet released by the White House Friday, everyone successful the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories volition beryllium capable to spot an bid done COVIDtests.gov opening Wednesday. The White House said that tests would vessel successful betwixt 7 to 12 days.

Packages volition beryllium sent done USPS First Class message successful the continental U.S. and done Priority Mail successful Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories.

Orders volition beryllium sent archetypal to "households experiencing the highest societal vulnerability and successful communities that person experienced a disproportionate stock of COVID-19 cases and deaths, peculiarly during this omicron surge."

The Biden Administration besides added that it would motorboat a telephone line, wherever radical without net entree volition beryllium capable to spot orders for escaped tests. The White House has not yet announced the fig for that telephone line.

The White House says 500 cardinal tests volition beryllium disposable erstwhile the website launches. Earlier this week, the Biden Administration said it had placed an bid for different 500 cardinal tests, which volition beryllium disposable aboriginal this year.