As COVID-19 cases pile up due to the spread of the BA. 2 variant and travel and social gatherings become more frequent, you will most likely want a COVID test.
Americans can now sign up for 8 more FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COVID tests through their online portal in https://www. covid. gov/tests. Like the loose tests done in January and March, the government will send the tests to Americans’ homes through the U. S. Postal Service.
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The procedure takes less than five minutes and requires call and address.
If you want an immediate covid check loose earlier, a Vermont Department of Health check site. Many sites across the state now offer loose house checks.
Earlier this month: Half of Vermont’s 14 counties have the highest levels of COVID-19, according to the CDC
There were an average of 331 new cases reported in one day in Vermont last week, a 6 percent increase from two weeks ago, according to New York Times data. Hospitalizations have also continued to rise since early April. There are 67 other people recently hospitalized for COVID-19 in Vermont.
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Vermont will discontinue its COVID case panel on May 18. The number of cases, number of hospitalizations, and other COVID data will be found on the Vermont Open Geoknowledge Portal, but will only be updated once a week instead of each. day of the week.
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The state will also release a weekly COVID-19 surveillance report that will summarize and on the knowledge topics most useful in determining risk.
Contact Urban Change journalist Lilly St. Angelo in lstangelo@gannett. com. Follow her on Twitter: @lilly_st_ang