Explainer: Why free COVID tests from the government are expiring so soon

Why free COVID tests from the government are expiring so soon Many of the free COVID tests being shipped out now will be expiring within a few months. CBS News

While none of the free COVID-19 tests being shipped by the U.S. Postal Service this year will have already expired, officials acknowledge many now arriving in mailboxes will likely see their shelf life run out in a few months. ...

"We're getting to tests probably that we've had in inventory longer because, as we were purchasing, we had a spike in receiving and now we're not purchasing as much. We're a little bit further past the peak of COVID," Arlene Joyner, director of ASPR's Industrial Based Management and Supply Chain Office, told CBS News.

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