U.S. households can order more free Covid-19 tests starting Monday.

The U.S. government is expected to relaunch its program to provide free Covid-19 home tests to Americans, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said, “We will once again begin our program to provide Americans with an opportunity to request tests.”

U.S. households can order four free tests from Covidtests.gov starting September 25.

The U.S. government has shipped over 755 million free Covid-19 tests to people who requested it through Covidtests.gov. The program was frozen in May, after the end of the Covid-19 public health emergency, to preserve supply.

Becerra said HHS’s Administration for Strategic Preparedness and response “has been resupplying our stockpile.”

The test kits will be available through the end of 2023 and will include instructions on verifying extended expiration dates, HHS said in an announcement Wednesday. The expiration dates of many homes Covid-19 tests have been extended.

Becerra said, “The Biden-Harris Administration, in partnership with domestic manufacturers, has made great strides in addressing vulnerabilities in the U.S. supply chain by reducing our reliance on overseas
manufacturing.”

He added, “These critical investments will strengthen our nation’s production levels of domestic at-home COVID-19 rapid tests and help mitigate the spread of the virus.”

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