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State’s top health officials encourage Mainers to stock up on at-home COVID tests ahead of holidays

Por: Portland Press Herald Health November 19, 2022

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The state’s top public health officials are reminding Mainers that every household can order free, rapid COVID-19 tests and are encouraging people to stock up ahead of the holidays. Maine households can get five free, at-home rapid tests mailed directly to them every month through Project Access COVID Tests — or Project ACT — a partnership between the Maine Department of Health and Human Services and The Rockefeller Foundation. Project ACT... + full article



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