How to get free COVID-19 rapid tests from the US government

(Pocket-lint) - In the US, with the emergence of the Omicron variant, it's go precise hard to find and usage COVID-19 accelerated antigen tests.

To guarantee radical don’t dispersed the microorganism to friends and family, and to debar agelong lines astatine COVID investigating stations and precocious prices for at-home trial kits, the US national authorities has created a website wherever you tin bid 4 escaped accelerated trial kits a period per household. Although the tract is scheduled to unfastened connected 19 January 2022, it has started taking names and addresses early.

Thankfully, it's precise casual to spot your order. And you don't request to participate a recognition paper oregon immoderate different fiscal details.

How to bid escaped accelerated COVID tests successful the US

Follow these steps: 

1. Go to COVIDTests.gov.
2. Click oregon pat the "Order Free At-Home Tests" button.
   • If you don’t spot this, spell to: special.usps.com/testkits.
3. Enter your name, email code (if you privation notifications), and address.
4. Click oregon pat the "Check Out Now” button.
5. That's it! The USPS signifier for escaped accelerated tests is complete.

According to analytics.usa.gov, arsenic of 2 p.m. ET connected 18 January 2022, implicit 700,000 radical person already visited the website.

When volition you person the accelerated COVID trial kits?

The kits are expected to vessel wrong 7 to 12 days, starting successful precocious January 2022.

Writing by Maggie Tillman.