How to Order Free COVID-19 Tests Starting Monday | Chicago News

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(CNN) — The U.S. government will relaunch a program to provide free COVID-19 home tests to Americans, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.

“We will once again begin our program to provide Americans with an opportunity to request tests,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said during an event at a Washington CVS Pharmacy where he was vaccinated against COVID-19 and flu.

U.S. households can order four free tests from Covidtests.gov starting Sept. 25.

The federal government has shipped more than 755 million free COVID-19 tests to people who requested them through Covidtests.gov. The program was suspended in May, after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, to preserve supply.

Becerra said HHS’s Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response “has been resupplying our stockpile.”

The tests coming available soon are intended for use through the end of 2023 and will include instructions on how to…