Oscar Grady Library: Free At-⁠Home COVID-⁠19 Tests, Starting January 19th.

Press release from the Oscar Grady Library:

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January 16, 2022

Dear patrons:

As a way of public service announcement, we would like to share with you the following link: https://www.covidtests.gov/ , regarding a new plan offered by the United States Government to supply free covid-19 tests and masks to households who would request them.

The link offered will direct you to a portal that will open to place ordering on January 19th. We will update this information soon.

Meanwhile, please remember to follow .gov authenticated sites and that no purchase, credit card info or any sort of payment is needed to benefit from this plan.

More information can be found as well here:

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/13/1072730868/biden-announces-plans-to-buy-500-million-more-covid-tests-and-to-offer-free-mask

and here:

https://www.gmtoday.com/news/national/federal-testing-website-launches-next-week-4-tests-per-home/article_c0f61306-7571-11ec-9f1e-57be08dd86aa.html?fbclid=IwAR0kNR3XA4ZwzzJf5uMiesLk6eIc8Y3TuYTE5mj5oDKQBj2xKCAYIYqsbHU

and here as well:

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2022/01/10/biden-harris-administration-requires-insurance-companies-group-health-plans-to-cover-cost-at-home-covid-19-tests-increasing-access-free-tests.html

This press release was produced by the Oscar Grady Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.