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Free COVID tests from the federal government will soon be available for order, perhaps as early as late September.

Each household is eligible to order four tests at COVIDTests.gov that will be delivered by mail at no charge. The site states that ordering will be live by the end of the month. The tests “will detect current COVID-19 variants and can be used through the end of the year,” according to the website, which appeared to be undergoing updates early Monday morning and was intermittently returning “server too busy” messages.

Free tests were also provided by the government around this time last year, although many of them are now expired. Some COVID test kits have had their expiration dates extended, and an FDA webpage offers a search tool to check whether a kit is still good to use. Head over to WebMD to read the full story.