High Demand Temporarily Pauses LA County's Effort To Send Free COVID Tests By Mail

Los Angeles CA

07 January, 2022

3:16 PM

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By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles: LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — LA County's program to send free COVID-19 test kits to any county resident by mail has been temporarily paused due to high demand. Last week, Los Angeles County announced a program to send free at-home test kits by mail to any resident who requested one. However, the program's site says it has been temporarily paused, and that a "relaunch of the self-testing option to better meet the heightened demand for At-Home Test collection will be available next week." Demand for COVID tests have skyrocketed as people try to get back to work and school after attending holiday gatherings or traveling. At-home test kits are sold out or hard to find in retail stores, and county officials are again scrambling to set up more testing sites – which had started to dwindle as more people got vaccinated. Read more at CBSLA CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.