U.S.|Massachusetts joins different states successful distributing escaped at-home tests.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/us/massachusetts-joins-other-states-in-distributing-free-at-home-tests.html
- Dec. 13, 2021, 7:42 p.m. ET
Massachusetts said connected Monday that it would connection escaped at-home coronavirus tests to immoderate of its residents, joining respective different states astir the country.
Gov. Charlie Baker announced that the authorities had secured much than 2 cardinal accelerated at-home tests that would beryllium delivered to 102 towns with precocious poorness rates. The tests will beryllium distributed by each municipality with an accent connected getting them to the radical who are successful the top fiscal need.
Mr. Baker, a Republican, said astatine a quality league connected Wednesday that the authorities was besides moving toward making bulk purchasing deals with trial makers for broader distribution.
As of Sunday, the seven-day mean of caller cases successful Massachusetts was up 78 percent from 2 weeks ago, according to a New York Times database.
Neighboring New Hampshire offered location transportation of accelerated tests astatine the extremity of November, and each of the tests were claimed astir immediately. Maryland besides announced past period that it was distributing 500,000 trial kits done section wellness departments.
At-home tests are disposable to Colorado residents connected a state website. Likewise, Iowans tin bid tests from a website called Test Iowa, but lone the sampling for those tests is done astatine home. Once collected, the samples indispensable beryllium taken to a UPS drop-off location, and results are aboriginal returned online.
In Ohio, the authorities has taken vantage of existing nationalist infrastructure by giving retired free tests astatine hundreds of nationalist libraries.
The spotty availability of at-home tests successful the United States stands successful contrast to the concern successful immoderate countries successful Europe. Rapid tests tin beryllium picked up for escaped astatine pharmacies successful Britain, and packs can beryllium ordered for escaped online. And successful Germany, the authorities enactment hundreds of millions of dollars into the instauration of thousands of accelerated trial sites.