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White House offering 3rd round of free home Covid-19 tests

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As of May 17, the website COVIDTests.gov is now open for a third round of ordering.

U.S. households are now be able to order an additional eight free at-home tests — bringing the total number of free tests available to each household since the start of the program to 16. As the highly transmissible subvariants of Omicron drive a rise in cases in parts of the country, free and accessible tests will help slow the spread of the virus.

Since January more than 70 million households have gone online to order at-home tests to be mailed directly to them. The Biden Administration has delivered approximately 350 million free tests — purchased by the federal government with funding from the American Rescue Plan.

People who have difficulty accessing the internet or need additional support placing an order can call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489) to get help in English, Spanish, and more than 150 other languages—8am to midnight ET, 7 days a week. For more information, people can visit: https://www.covid.gov/tests/faq.