Biden Admin To Stop Sending, Free COVID At-Home Tests.<br />The program is set to end on Sept. 2 because the <br />national stockpile of rapid COVID tests is being diminished.<br />The specific number of rapid tests that have been stockpiled was not reported.<br />An unnamed official with the Biden administration stated that the program's end is due to lack of Congressional funding.<br />If Congress provides funding, we will expeditiously resume distribution of free tests through covidtests.gov, Unnamed Senior Biden Administration Official, <br />via NBC News.<br />Until then, we believe reserving the remaining tests for distribution later this year is the best course, Unnamed Senior Biden Administration Official, <br />via NBC News.<br />The administration has distributed nearly <br />600 million tests through the program.<br />The official with the Biden administration criticized Congress for failing to secure further funding.<br />The administration has been clear about our urgent Covid-19 response funding needs, Unnamed Senior Biden Administration Official, <br />via NBC News.<br />We have warned that congressional inaction would force unacceptable tradeoffs and harm our overall Covid-19 preparedness and response — , Unnamed Senior Biden Administration Official, <br />via NBC News.<br />... and that the consequences would likely worsen over time, Unnamed Senior Biden Administration Official, <br />via NBC News.<br />While testing for COVID <br />has waned, experts believe <br />people have contracted <br />the virus unknowingly.<br />It is also believed that many Americans who have had COVID once have likely been reinfected.<br />Medical experts, including <br />Dr. Anthony Fauci, assert <br />that COVID will continue <br />to spike seasonally.<br />Without the program, a majority of Americans will still have access to free testing by other means
