{"id":22129,"date":"2025-04-30T11:12:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/more-free-covid-19-tests-can-be-ordered-now-as-uptick-looms\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:12:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:12:03","slug":"more-free-covid-19-tests-can-be-ordered-now-as-uptick-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/more-free-covid-19-tests-can-be-ordered-now-as-uptick-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"More free COVID-19 tests can be ordered now, as uptick looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em><strong>2025 update:<\/strong>\u00a0This program has ended and free tests are not current available from the government website.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Americans can now order another round of four free COVID-19 tests for this season, the U.S. Postal Service announced Monday, as health officials have been preparing for an expected resurgence in the virus over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The four additional tests will ship for free starting the week of Nov. 27, the USPS says.<\/p>\n<h2>How to order more free COVID tests<\/h2>\n<p>The tests can be ordered online at covid.gov\/tests or through the postal service&#8217;s webpage \u2014 the same as the previous round of free tests offered in September. If you need help, or don&#8217;t want to order online, you can call 1-800-232-0233 or 1-888-720-7489 for TTY.<\/p>\n<p>Households that did not order their first batch of four free tests after <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/free-covid-tests-how-to-order-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">ordering reopened earlier this fall<\/a><\/span> will be able to place two orders from the USPS, for a total of eight free <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/covid-test-pcr-antigen-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">rapid antigen<\/a><\/span> COVID-19 tests.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health and Human Services, which supplies the tests out of its stockpile of previously-purchased kits, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/about\/news\/2023\/11\/15\/readout-hhs-secretary-becerras-meeting-national-public-health-leaders-vaccines-covid-flu-rsv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> last week that 56 million tests have been delivered so far this season. That works out to around 14 million American households who have requested tests.<\/p>\n<p>Federal health officials have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/respiratory-viruses\/whats-new\/stay-healthy-during-holidays.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">urging<\/a> Americans to continue to use COVID-19 tests to reduce the risk of spreading the virus during this holiday season, alongside other precautions like vaccinations and masking.<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 testing can also help people figure out whether they should seek out a course of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pfizers-paxlovid-fda-approval-cost\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Pfizer&#8217;s Paxlovid<\/a><\/span>, a drug treatment that can help prevent more severe symptoms. The medication remains available as it <a href=\"https:\/\/aspr.hhs.gov\/COVID-19\/Therapeutics\/Pages\/COVID19-Tx-Transition-Guide.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">transitions<\/a> to the private market this month.<\/p>\n<p>The new test kits comes as health authorities have been closely scrutinizing data tracking the virus, with cases\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/forecast-outbreak-analytics\/about\/season-outlook.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">forecast<\/a> to increase this winter.<\/p>\n<p>After weeks of largely slowing or flat COVID-19 trends, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/respiratory-viruses\/data-research\/dashboard\/snapshot.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a> Friday that some indicators \u2014 emergency department visits and hospitalizations \u2014 had begun to increase &#8220;slightly&#8221; nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 still makes up the largest share of emergency department visits for viral respiratory illnesses around the country, according to the CDC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/respiratory-viruses\/data-research\/dashboard\/activity-levels.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">figures<\/a>, even as <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/covid-flu-rsv-vaccines-fall-virus-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">flu and RSV trends<\/a><\/span> have accelerated in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope you&#8217;re still wearing masks when you need to, I hope you&#8217;re getting that updated vaccine,&#8221; HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra told a group of public health organizations on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Becerra said he had recently gotten back from a cross-country flight with his 90-year-old mother.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There weren&#8217;t many people masked, but we were, thank God. 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