The United States Postal Service’s duty to deliver 500 million coronavirus test kits has placed it in an unprecedented position in the country’s pandemic response, just as covid-19 infections have reached a peak within its ranks and its network is under extreme strain. The free quick tests are expected to ship by the end of the month, according to online orders received this week. In what analysts describe as the largest disaster-relief mobilization in the agency’s 247-year history, the agency has employed thousands of seasonal workers and converted more than 40 sites into ad hoc fulfillment centers.
To obtain a test, families can go to COVIDtests.gov and request up to four free tests to be delivered to their homes with just their names and addresses. The website goes up at a time when the Biden administration is under increasing pressure to address the coronavirus testing shortage caused by the Omicron outbreak. The White House claims that tens of millions of tests are already ready to go. It will invest $4 billion to get the first 500 million tests into people’s hands across the United States.
Although measures to ensure each household receives four free Covid tests, there has been an increase in persons attempting to defraud or steal people’s information by mimicking the legitimate website. People attempting to con you can be highly clever in their attempts to convince you to send them money or personal information, according to the BBB. One method is to use a domain name that is quite similar to the original one. The real domain is COVIDtests.gov and the program is also absolutely free. So if a website requests credit card information or other forms of payment, you should immediately exit.
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