While Thursday marks the end of the current federal COVID-19 emergency declarations, Georgia’s public health agency will continue to provide access to free PCR testing, coronavirus vaccines and home testing kits at locations across the state.
“That will continue for some time because we have bought up a large number of those kits and we still receive funding grants that don’t expire for another year or longer, so that we’re able to purchase these testing supplies,” said Chris Rustin with the Georgia Board of Public Health.
Private health insurance plans will no longer be required to cover the cost of at-home COVID-19 tests.
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