Beverly Offers Free COVID-19 Test Kits As Insurance Exemption Expires

BEVERLY, MA — While the insurance reimbursement for COVID-19 tests expired with the end of the public health emergency earlier this month, Beverly residents can still get up to four free test kits at locations throughout the city.

While supplies last, COVID-19 test kits are available at the Beverly Public Library Main Branch and Farms Branch locations, the Beverly Council on Aging and Senior Community Center, Beverly Police Department and the Greater Beverly YMCA Sterling Center.

Many of the tests have extended expiration dates beyond those listed on the package.

To check the expiration date of a test kit in your home, find the lot number on the box and use it to locate the extended date on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration webpage here.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)