UNITED STATES - 2021/12/21: In this photo illustration, the Abbott's at-home covid-19 rapid test kits are seen on display in Orlando. U.S. President Joe Biden announced that the federal government has purchased 500 million at-home covid-19 rapid test kits. These at-home covid-19 rapid test kits will be mailed to the Americans who requested them. This is one of a series of new steps Biden announced on December 21, 2021, as the country faces a potentially crippling wintertime surge of infections, spurred on by the now-dominant Omicron covid-19 strain. (Photo Illustration by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
BOSTON (WHDH) - Massachusetts is providing five million more free COVID-19 rapid tests to organizations statewide.
Cities and food banks will primarily distribute the rapid tests, which are expected to arrive in October.
So far, over 25 million rapid antigen tests have been distributed across the Commonwealth since last December.
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