White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday spent roughly 45 minutes briefing reporters.
Psaki told the press corps, reduced in number due to the surging COVID-19 pandemic, that the website to order free COVID-19 tests is in a testing phase.
Testing website in beta testing
The government website on which Americans can order rapid COVID-19 tests to be sent to their homes is in the “beta phase” before it launches officially on Wednesday morning, Psaki told reporters.
COVIDTests.gov went live on Tuesday but is in a testing phase, which Psaki said is typical for a large website launch.
“So COVIDtest.gov is in the beta phase right now, which is a standard part of the process typically, as it’s being kind of tested in the early stages of being rolled out,” Psaki said when asked if the website is ready.
Any American can order rapid tests for free through the website, with a limit to four tests per residential address, and they will be delivered by the U.S. Postal Service.
Psaki warned though that bugs could still occur once the website officially launches.
“Every website launch, in our view, comes with risk — we can guarantee there won’t be a bug or two — but the best tech teams across the administration and the Postal Service are working hard to make this a success,” she said.
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