Days After Approving Another $3BN For Ukraine War, US Says No More Money For Free COVID Tests Days After Approving Another $3BN For Ukraine War, US Says No More Money For Free COVID Tests Authored by Julia Conley via Common Dreams, "Well this is quite exactly the wrong thing to do going into fall|winter," Dr. Taison Bell, an infectious disease physician at University of Virginia, tweeted as the White House announced on its test-ordering website that a lack of congressional funding has forced the government to end shipments of free tests for the time being. The federal portal notes that shipments "will be suspended on Friday, September 2 because Congress hasn''t provided additional funding to replenish the nation''s stockpile of tests." Via Reuters The White House earlier this year requested $22 billion in coronavirus funding, including $5 billion in global aid to help people across the Global South and prevent new variants from spreading, but Republicans and Democrats were only able to agree on a $10 billion deal excluding global spending. That bill has so far failed to pass . The government has sent out more than 600 million tests so far, allowing households to place up to three orders since the program began in January under pressure from public health advocates.