<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Passing along information on how to request accessible free Covid test. Please order as soon as possible as directed below if interested.<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Respectfully,</div><div><br></div><div>James Shobert</div><div>Chapter president / NFB Winchester </div><div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "tracy.soforenko--- via NFBV-Announce" <nfbv-announce@nfbnet.org><br><b>Date:</b> September 26, 2023 at 1:13:23 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Sarah Patnaude via NFBV-Announce <nfbv-announce@nfbnet.org><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NFBV-Announce] Accessible COVID tests available this week</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> tracy.soforenko@gmail.com<br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><h3><b>COVID Tests:</b><o:p></o:p></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The White House announced recently that <span>COVIDtests.gov</span> is re-opening. People are now again able to order free, at-home COVID-19 tests. Each household may place one order; each order will contain twelve tests. Blind people are able to order, by phone or online, the more accessible tests manufactured by Ellume. To ensure that the accessible tests go to people that need them, go to </span><a href="http://ACL.gov/AccessibleTests"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ACL.gov/AccessibleTests</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to order online. To order by phone, call <span>1-800-232-0233</span>. Select language by pressing 1 for English, 2 for Spanish, 3 for other languages. Then select 8 for the accessible test (rather than 1 for the inaccessible test).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For assistance placing orders or administering the test, call <span>888-677-1199</span>. DIAL operators are available <span>Monday-Friday</span> <span>from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., eastern</span>. In addition, live chat and ASL services are available through the </span><a href="http://dial.acl.gov/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DIAL website</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please place your order ASAP but definitely this week.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tracy Soforenko<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>202 285-4595</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.nfb.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.nfb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.nfbv.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.nfbv.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">National Federation of the Blind. Live the Life You Want<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.</p></div></blockquote></body></html>