US Postal Service To Distribute Biden’s Free COVID-19 Rapid Antigen At-Home Tests Starting This Week
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Americans can order up to four rapid antigen tests per household through the USPS website now, or a phone hotline soon. The administration is working to buy another half a billion tests in the near future.
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