"Free COVID-19 Tests: Order Yours Today for Convenient Home Testing"

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that free COVID-19 tests will be available by mail starting September 25, with each household eligible to receive up to four tests. HHS is also investing $600 million in the manufacture of COVID tests, and the new tests will detect currently circulating variants. The CDC emphasizes that vaccination remains the best protection against COVID-19-related hospitalization and death. Updated COVID vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna will be available in early October, and people who haven't been vaccinated in over two months should get the updated vaccine along with a flu shot. Various community testing sites in Oakland are available for testing and vaccination services.