Christmas is behind us but omicron is still a top concern, especially as we approach another holiday weekend.
Amazon, Walmart, CVS and Walgreens are limiting the number of at-home COVID kits customers can buy due to huge demand.
The county told ABC7 News the site typically does between 1,500 and 1,800 tests a day. Last week, they say that number shot up to 3,500 and they're working to continue adding slots."Any barriers that you put in people's way, whether that's having to wait outside in the rain, when you're sick, cost if you're trying to do a take home test, that's not acceptable" said San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney.
Haney says though San Francisco county has in-person testing sites, more can be done to help people get access to at-home testing sites. "If you want an in-home test, you have to go and purchase it yourself like at CVS or Walgreens and that creates barriers for people and a cost that really, they should not have to bear themselves," Haney said.Haney says the county has a back order of tests that they're waiting on to make available to people at home. Santa Clara County also says it has 90,000 at home test kits, given to them by the state that they're distributing with more on the way.
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