U.S. govt to suspend free COVID-19 test orders next week

(Reuters) – Beginning subsequent week, Individuals won’t be able to order free at-home COVID checks from a web site arrange by the U.S. authorities as a consequence of restricted provide.

The COVIDTests.gov web site, arrange amid the Omicron variant surge, helped U.S. households safe COVID checks for gratis.

President Joe Biden in January pledged to obtain 1 billion free checks for Individuals, together with 500 million out there by means of the web site.

Nonetheless, ordering by means of this system will probably be suspended on Sept. 2.

In line with a notification on the web site, the choice was made as “Congress hasn’t supplied further funding to replenish the nation’s stockpile of checks.”

(Reporting by Mrinalika Roy in Bengaluru; Modifying by Shinjini Ganguli)