The funding will produce new at-home tests and restart a website to allow Americans to order four free tests per household
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600m in funding to produce new, at-home Covid-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household – aiming to prevent possible shortages during a rise in coronavirus cases that has typically come during colder months.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says orders can be placed at covidtests.gov starting 25 September, and that no-cost tests will be delivered for free by the United States Postal Service (USPS).
Twelve manufacturers that employ hundreds of people in seven states from California to Maryland have been awarded funding and will produce 200m over-the-counter tests to replenish federal stockpiles for government use, in addition to producing enough tests to meet demand for tests ordered online, the department said.
Anticipation of surge? We’re already on the downslope of a recent tiny surge up here in the Boston area:
https://www.mwra.com/biobot/biobotdata.htm
There’s always a larger surge after Thanksgiving and Christmas, when people are traveling and going to gatherings.
Oof, yeah. It’ll be time to break out my N95s again
Followed by the same in mid to late April, after spring break and Mardi Gras.
I don’t know about statistics on actual cases. Our company manufactures masks and sells them direct on Amazon. I do know we’ve had to ramp production back up for this month.
My kid got it after 2 weeks in school and gave it to me. I’ve had multiple coworkers get it in the last few weeks too.