Free COVID-19 tests available again through federal government

Published: Nov 19, 2023 Duration: 00:00:42 Category: News & Politics

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And starting today, the federal government is once again offering free at home COVID-19 tests. This comes ahead of a typical wintertime surge in cases. Now, if you order them, you can get up to four tests. And if you didn't order back when they were sending them out in September, you can get another four. So you could get eight to order yours. You just have to head to COVID test.gov. Now, when you order, I found this out earlier today, a box will come up saying that your tests may be expired, but the FDA has extended some of those expiration dates depending upon the brand of the test that you receive. We have a link that outlines which expiration dates you need to be worried about and which ones have been extended. And by how long on our website WQ ad.com.

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