Colorado is ending its mailing program for free COVID-19 at-home check kits and inspiring Coloradans to make use of the Biden Administration’s federal at-home testing program that launched in January by the U.S. Postal Service.
The state program will cease taking orders at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March fifteenth, in keeping with a press launch by the CDPHE on Thursday.
“Now that the federal program is making residence supply of speedy assessments obtainable, CDPHE will pivot these sources into Colorado’s Roadmap Transferring Ahead,” COVID-19 Incident Commander Scott Bookman mentioned within the launch.
“We’ll proceed to focus our efforts on increasing outreach to in danger populations by working with native public well being businesses, our local people companions, and community-based organizations to distribute assessments into the neighborhood.”
Nevertheless, the state will proceed at hand out free assessments at Colorado libraries and different pick-up places.