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Today, the federal government soft-launched the covidtests.gov website — initially slated to go live tomorrow — that allows each household to receive four free at-home COVID-19 antigen tests. At today’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the site is in its “beta phase,” and USPS, which is running the operation, said users might experience some bugs. Some on Twitter already expressed that the website wasn’t identifying their address, including because they live in a unit in an apartment building that was being identified as a single residence.

 

“We can’t guarantee there won’t be a bug or two,” Psaki said during the conference. “But the best tech teams across the administration and the Postal Service are working hard to make this a success.”

 

Those who sign up this week will likely get their tests at the end of the month. Expect between seven to 12 days for them to get delivered, USPS said.

 

— Technical.ly reporter Paige Gross (paige@technical.ly)

 

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