The White House said on Thursday that American households will once again be able to order free Covid-19 tests by mail.
The White House is going to give out free Covid tests again.
Up to four rapid Covid tests can be ordered for free at covidtests.gov, the White House said in a statement.
The administration said that orders will be shipped from the beginning of next week.
The White House stopped the free testing program in September due to a lack of funding and used limited existing funding to purchase the tests.
The White House said that free tests will be given to 500 food banks.
The White House said that the tests are part of a larger plan to prevent a surge in coronaviruses this winter as cases and hospitalizations tick up.
The White House said that the Biden administration is prepared for anything.
Public health experts are worried about another wave. As cases and deaths increase, the White House is reviving its testing scheme. In the first week of December, the most recent CDC data available, there were more than 460,000 cases, a jump of more than 50% from the previous week. More than 3000 people died with Covid in the first week of December, a jump of more than 50% from the previous week. Around 300 to 400 people died with the virus every day in November, two to four times the rate of deaths from other causes. According to the CDC, hospital admissions for patients with confirmed Covid have been steadily increasing for weeks. It is far off the peak of more than 20,000 admissions, but it is still close to the lows of the Pandemic.
There are a number of respiratory illnesses that are related to Covid. The threat, dubbed a " tripledemic" by some officials, is already straining some hospitals and poses a particular risk to young and old people. After months of declining use, face masks are back in use as a precautionary measure.
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