--- title: COVID.gov Locates COVID-19 Tests, Vaccines, and Masks description: COVID.gov, a new website from the Biden Administration, helps people across the country locate free COVID-19 tests, drugs, shots, and masks. canonical: https://time.com/6162807/where-to-find-free-covid-tests-masks-vaccines/ author: Jamie Ducharme article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2022-03-30T18:08:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T14:04:25.017Z article:section: Health og:title: A New Government Website Helps You Locate COVID-19 Tests, Treatments, Vaccines, and Masks og:description: It's called COVID.gov og:url: https://time.com/6162807/where-to-find-free-covid-tests-masks-vaccines/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08342215f924301f/698a3078d0753396b8e6cb04/covid-tests-vaccines.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: A Covid-19 Testing And Vaccination Site og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A New Government Website Helps You Locate COVID-19 Tests, Treatments, Vaccines, and Masks twitter:description: It's called COVID.gov twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08342215f924301f/698a3078d0753396b8e6cb04/covid-tests-vaccines.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A New Government Website Helps You Locate COVID-19 Tests, Treatments, Vaccines, and Masks > Sponsored content. 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David Paul Morris/Bloomberg—Getty Images  by [Jamie Ducharme](https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Mar 30, 2022 6:08 PM UTC Two years into the pandemic, the Biden Administration has launched a virtual hub to help Americans find COVID-19 prevention and treatment resources—including masks, tests, and vaccines—in their communities. The website, [COVID.gov](https://www.covid.gov/), consolidates several existing initiatives into what President Joe Biden described during a press briefing on March 30 as a “one-stop shop.” The site includes links for ordering [free at-home rapid tests](https://time.com/6146105/free-covid-19-test-biden-supply/); locating free, high-quality [N95 masks](https://time.com/6139169/n95-best-mask-omicron-covid-19/); finding vaccines and treatments; and assessing current COVID-19 risk levels in specific counties, based on U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [metrics](https://time.com/6151467/cdc-new-mask-guidance/). “The bottom line: no longer will Americans need to scour the internet to find vaccines, treatments, tests, or masks,” Biden said during the briefing. “It’s all there.” One of the website’s central features is its promotion of Biden’s “test-to-treat” program, which is designed to improve access to [antiviral drugs](https://time.com/6074172/anti-covid-19-pill/) that can reduce the severity of disease for high-risk people. In theory—[though not always in practice](https://time.com/6159366/covid-19-drug-pharmacies-test-to-treat/)—the program enables someone who tests positive at a pharmacy or health center to receive treatment on the spot, for free. COVID.gov includes a site locator for facilities taking part in the test-to-treat program, including retail pharmacies, community health centers, and clinics affiliated with Veterans Affairs and the Indian Health Service. COVID.gov is available in English, Spanish, and Simplified Chinese. The same resources are also available in additional languages through the Administration’s telephone hotline at 1-800-232-0233. While announcing the website’s launch, Biden again implored Congress to authorize extra pandemic funding. [A Congressional spending bill passed in March](https://time.com/6156432/spending-bill-ukraine-whats-in/) did not include additional money for COVID-19 relief, and the shortfall has forced the Biden Administration to cut back on treatment and vaccine purchases, Biden said. The government has also had to curtail a program that reimburses providers who test or treat people without insurance, meaning some uninsured people [now have to pay out-of-pocket for COVID-19 tests](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/03/29/1089355997/free-covid-tests-and-treatments-no-longer-free-for-uninsured-as-funding-runs-out). Barring extra funding, the same will soon be true of some fees associated with getting COVID-19 vaccines. Biden warned during the press briefing that supplies of COVID-19 drugs, vaccines, and tests may run out in the coming months without more money. “We’re already seeing the consequences of Congressional inaction,” he said. “This isn’t partisan; it’s medicine.” After his remarks, Biden received a fourth COVID-19 vaccine, just a day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized [second mRNA boosters](https://time.com/6157560/fourth-covid-19-vaccine-dose/) for adults ages 50 and older and certain immunocompromised individuals. “It didn’t hurt a bit,” he said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6162807/where-to-find-free-covid-tests-masks-vaccines/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6162807/where-to-find-free-covid-tests-masks-vaccines/"},"headline":"A New Government Website Helps You Locate COVID-19 Tests, Treatments, Vaccines, and Masks","datePublished":"2022-03-30T18:08:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T14:04:25.017Z","description":"It's called COVID.gov","url":"https://time.com/6162807/where-to-find-free-covid-tests-masks-vaccines/","keywords":["COVID-19","healthscienceclimate"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08342215f924301f/698a3078d0753396b8e6cb04/covid-tests-vaccines.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jamie Ducharme","jobTitle":"Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08342215f924301f/698a3078d0753396b8e6cb04/covid-tests-vaccines.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A Covid-19 Testing And Vaccination Site","caption":"A Covid-19 Testing And Vaccination Site","creditText":"David Paul Morris/Bloomberg—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/covid-19/","name":"COVID-19"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6162807/where-to-find-free-covid-tests-masks-vaccines/","name":"A New Government Website Helps You Locate COVID-19 Tests, Treatments, Vaccines, and Masks"}}]}] ```