The U.S. government reopened the program on Thursday, allowing any household to order up to four at-home COVID nasal swab kits through the website, covidtests.gov. The tests will begin shipping, via the United States Postal Service, as soon as next week.

People in the United States can order more free Covid-19 tests from the federal government this fall as the country heads into respiratory virus season with high levels of the coronavirus already circulating.

You can once again order free COVID-19 tests via USPS. Here's how to order yours and where to find other kinds of free COVID-19 tests near you in the Bay Area.

In response to increasing COVID-19 cases in the US, the Biden administration has relaunched its free at-home test program. Households can order up to

The U.S. government reopened the program on Thursday, allowing any household to order up to four at-home COVID nasal swab kits.

The U.S. government reopened the program on Thursday, allowing any household to order up to four free at-home COVID nasal swab kits.

But here’s some help: As of Thursday, the federal government is, again, providing up to four free rapid tests per household. They’ll begin mailing them next week. The government will also pay for shipping the tests. You can order the tests to be delivered to your home online or by calling 1-800-232-0233.

A federal website offering free COVID-19 antigen at-home test kits went live Thursday, offering up to four nasal swab tests per household before the holiday season. Americans can receive the nasal swab test kits by submitting their name and address at covidtests.

Starting Thursday, you can once again order free Covid tests from the government. Every household in the United States will be able to order four tests from Covidtests.gov between now and the end of the year.

Updated rapid tests are expected to be able to detect newer variants just as a new COVID variant arrives in Illinois.