Half of Biden’s 500 Million Free COVID-19 Tests Unclaimed: Officials

Rapid at-home COVID-19 test kits are distributed by the GreenRoots environmental protection organization and Chelsea Community Connections in Chelsea, Mass., on Dec. 17, 2021. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

About half of the 500 million free COVID-19 tests that President Joe Biden recently made available haven’t been claimed, according to the White House.

Biden administration officials told The Associated Press that Americans have placed 68 million orders for packages of tests, which contain four COVID-19 tests each. That leaves about 46 percent of the stock still available.