The expiration dates of many home Covid-19 tests have been extended well beyond what’s printed on the package. The tests coming available soon are intended for use through the end of 2023 and will include instructions on how to verify extended expiration dates, HHS said in an announcement Wednesday. The program was suspended in May, after the end of the Covid-19 public health emergency, to preserve supply.īecerra said HHS’s Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response “has been resupplying our stockpile.” The US government has shipped more than 755 million free Covid-19 tests to people who requested them through.
Home tests still work to detect Covid-19, but here’s why your test may not pick up an infection Rapid at-home Covid-19 test kits are distributed by the GreenRoots environmental protection organization and Chelsea Community Connections in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on December 17, 2021.
