Every family in the US will be entitled to free Covid tests again from next WEEK as part of $600million project to prevent winter wave

Each US household can request four free at-home Covid tests next week
The program is aimed at preventing a winter surge of cases
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By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com

Published: 21:09 BST, 20 September 2023 | Updated: 21:16 BST, 20 September 2023

The Biden administration will once again offer free at-home Covid tests to all US households starting next week.

The program, which will cost $600 million, will be aimed at combating a winter surge of Covid cases, which are on the rise amid the Eris and BA.2.86 variants.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said: ‘We will once again begin our program to provide Americans with an opportunity to request tests.’

Starting September 25 and lasting through the end of the year, each US household can request four rapid tests at covidtests.gov.

To date, the Biden administration has shipped more than 755 million free Covid tests across the US. The program was previously suspended in May after the administration declared the Covid public health emergency over to preserve its supply of tests.

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