In the USA, COVID-19 rapid tests are being distributed for free, four per household. Friends living in the US, order here usps.com/covidtests. Recently, they were impossible to find at any price — the Omicron variant cleared them off the shelves entirely.
By the way, there is also a portable electronic PCR-test, the Lucira COVID-19 All-In-One test kit sold here. It costs 75 dollars and is available for purchase. Although it’s electronic, it is, of course, designed for SINGLE USE. It detects the presence of the virus’s RNA, not antibodies like other home tests. The result it provides is recognized by insurance companies, which also reimburse the 75 dollars upon submission of documents. Since January 15 of this year, all insurance companies are obliged to reimburse tests for self-testing without any questions, up to 8 per person per month. Well, visits to clinics for testing are even more readily reimbursed, but the interesting part here is how it works in the case of home tests purchased from pharmacies or Amazon.
Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev. 