Biden's free COVID-19 rapid tests kits are still available. This is because more than 200 million units are still available for U.S. residents.
A COVID-19 IgG and IgM Rapid Test Cassette is displayed on April 16, 2020 in New York City. The take home test says they can tell a person if they have Coronavirus antibodies in their system, thus indicating that they have had he virus. Hospitals in New York City, which have been especially hard hit by the coronavirus, are still struggling with an influx of COVID-19 cases.
The United States is one nation that is still affected by the ongoing pandemic.
Since new strains that are more infectious than the previous ones are being discovered, government officials need to make extra efforts to prevent further infections.
One of the anti-COVID-19 plans of U.S. President Joe Biden is to offer more than 500 million rapid test kits for free. However, COVID19tests.gov only received less than 100,000 orders per day.
Biden's Free COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits are Still Available
According to AP News' latest report, around 46% of Biden's free COVID-19 rapid test kits are still available for orders. But, the former Baltimore health commissioner, Dr. Leana Wen, said that Americans really need to get these free rapid tests.
A COVID-19 test that came out positive is seen on a chair during a doctor's visit in Ate, on the eastern outskirts of Lima, on September 10, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. - The Rapid Response Teams of the Ministry of Health are made up of Peruvian and Venezuelan doctors who visit potential and recovering COVID-19 patients at their homes to take quick tests.
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"If infection control is still our priority, testing is central," she explained.
Wen added that four units per household, the current limit of Biden's free COVID-19 test kit program, will only allow U.S. residents to test once.
She further explained that the remaining COVID-19 kits are more than enough to allow families to test themselves twice a week.
Now, private insurers are now required by the U.S. government to provide up to eight COVID-19 test kits per household every month.
If you still haven't gotten yours yet, you can visit COVID19tests.gov to claim your free COVID-19 test kits.
Biden Removing COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate?
CNET reported that the U.S. government decided to remove COVID-19 vaccine requirements for employees. The Biden administration announced that they withdrew the mandate from more than 100 companies.
However, it will still depend on the company owners if they will also allow their employees to go to work without getting vaccinated.
In other news, COVID-19 swab tests recently led to some DNA privacy concerns after CDC announced that 10% of the results are sent to genome sequencing labs.
Meanwhile, Google's COVID-19 vaccine requirement was also removed.
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