PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The federal government began taking orders for free at-home COVID-19 tests just over two weeks ago. Didn't get yours yet? The White House says they're on their way.
At a Monday briefing, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said 60 million tests had been ordered from COVIDTests.gov as of last week, and more orders had come in since. And many people have already received them.
"Tens of millions of tests have gone out the door and reached the right doors. I think that’s the vast, vast, vast majority," she said.
"That is earlier than we were scheduled and were planning to get those tests out the doors."
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How to get free N95 masks from the government
The White House has also promised to send out 400 million free N95 masks. Psaki said, so far, 100 million of them have been shipped out to the same pharmacies and community health centers that have been working with the federal government to distribute COVID-19 vaccines.
A list of those chain pharmacies is available on the CDC website. To be safe, anyone looking to pick up free masks should call ahead to confirm the location has them in stock.
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