Here’s how you can get free COVID tests at a pharmacy | Boston.com

CEID Faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre shares advice about ordering and using at-home rapid COVID tests.

“…Pierre also encouraged people to take advantage of the current availability of testing and the eight tests a month covered by insurance.

‘It’s important just really to stock up at this point. We all remember last fall at last winter when people were out of test kits and they were really expensive online,’ Pierre said. ‘Get all you can get from the insurance company. This is like one of the few free options and it might be worth stocking up.’

There are a multitude of situations in which someone might use an at-home test, Pierre said, but she recommended using them after a known or probable exposure and before visiting people who are especially at risk from COVID-19.”

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