The Biden administration’s free distribution of at-home COVID-19 tests will come to an end this Friday.
Be sure to stock up now because due to a lack of congressional funding, those free COVID-19 tests that you can have delivered to your house will no longer be available. A Biden administration official made the announcement this Sunday.
As more and more people continue to order them, the administration reportedly wants to make sure they have enough come this fall if COVID-19 cases begin to rise. The service is set to end this Friday, but a source says the program could come back if funding is secured, CNBC reports.
“If Congress provides funding, we will expeditiously resume distribution of free tests through covidtests.gov,” the source said, CNBC reports. “Until then, we believe reserving the remaining tests for distribution later this year is the best course.”
“The administration has been clear about our urgent Covid-19 response funding needs,” the source continued. “We have warned that congressional inaction would force unacceptable tradeoffs and harm our overall Covid-19 preparedness and response — and that the consequences would likely worsen over time.”
