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COVIDTests.gov: White House Soft-Launches COVID-19 Test Request Website

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COVIDTests.gov: White House Soft-Launches COVID-19 Test Request Website

On Tuesday, the Biden administration quietly launched its website for Americans to apply for free at-home COVID-19 testing, a day before the site was scheduled to go live.

The website COVIDTests.gov now includes a link to “Every Household in America” ​​to access orders run by the U.S. Postal Service. People can order up to four home tests for each residential address, delivered by the Postal Service. It marks the latest move by President Joe Biden to address criticism of low stocks and long lines of testing amid a nationwide surge in COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the site is in “beta testing” and is running at “limited capacity” ahead of its official launch. The site will officially launch Wednesday morning, Psaki said. There were separate reports Tuesday afternoon that the site’s address verification tool had incorrectly imposed a cap of four people per household on apartment buildings and other multi-unit dwellings. In a statement, a Postal Service spokesman said the error “occurs on a small percentage of orders.” Any user in need of assistance can file a service request at emailus.usps.com/s/the-postal-store-inquiry, or contact the help desk at 1-800-ASK-USPS, he said.

More than 750,000 people visited the site at the same time on Tuesday, according to public government tracking data, but it was unclear how many orders were made.

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Psaki added that the government expected “one or two mistakes”, but IT experts across the government were working to get the site ready. Biden announced last month that the U.S. would buy 500 million home tests to kick-start the program and continue on Thursday, when the president announced he was doubling the order to 1 billion tests.

But Americans shouldn’t expect a quick turnaround in the order, and they must plan ahead and request testing before meeting federal guidelines on when to use it.

“Tests typically ship via USPS within 7-12 days of ordering,” the White House said, with the company reporting 1-3 days for its best-in-class package service in the continental U.S.

Officials stressed that the federal website is just one way for people to buy COVID-19 tests, and the shortage of home test kits has shown signs of easing as more supplies enter the market.

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Since Saturday, private insurers have been required to cover the cost of rapid home tests, allowing Americans to be reimbursed for tests purchased at pharmacies and online retailers. This includes up to eight tests per month.

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

Tom Holland, last seen in Apple TV show The Crowded Room last year, has signed his next with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

Tom Holland is going to have a very busy 2025. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the actor has signed Christopher Nolan’s next, which he will juggle the filming of with that of the long-awaited Spider-Man 4. (Also Read – Tom Holland shares why he left alcohol behind: ‘Struggling without booze…’)

Tom signs Nolan’s next

This will mark the first collaboration between Tom and Christopher. While details of his next directorial aren’t known yet, it’s most likely not to have a contemporary setting. It’ll be either set in the past like, his previous film Oppenheimer (2023), or in the future like Interstellar (2014). Matt Damon, who has worked with Christopher in both, has also come on board his next.

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Christopher’s next will be co-produced by him and his wife Emma Thomas’ banner Syncopy Inc and Universal Pictures, as the two production houses will team up after the Academy Award-winning blockbuster Oppenheimer last year. Prior to Oppenheimer, Christopher collaborated mostly with Warner Bros before having a fallout post the debacle of Tenet (2020).

Warner Bros then went on to produce Greta Gerwig’s musical satire Barbie, which clashed with Oppenheimer at the box office and even outperformed it globally. Warner Bros offered Christopher a cheque for the fees he waived off for helming Tenet during the pandemic. While Christopher graciously accepted the belated remuneration, he still went on to pitch his next to Warner Bros.

Tom’s busy schedule

Tom didn’t have any release this year. His last outing was Todd Graff’s psychological thriller show The Crowded Room on Apple TV last year. He’ll juggle the filming of Christopher Nolan’s next and Spider-Man 4 in 2025. Tom has been playing the superhero ever since Russo Brothers’ 2016 blockbuster Captain America: Civil War. He’s slipped into the Peter Parker shoes post that for three standalone films and two Avengers movies. Spider-Man 4 will be helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.

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As Tom’s girlfriend and co-star Zendaya will be busy filming Spider-Man 4 in 2025, she’ll reprise her role of Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacle Dune 3 only in 2026. Meanwhile, Tom is also likely to make an appearance as Spider-Man in Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday, which will go on floors in the spring of 2025.

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