Google rolls out free, weekly at-home Covid-19 testing for all US employees

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Alphabet Inc’s Google has said it is offering free and weekly at-home Covid-19 testing for all its United States employees and plans to expand the benefit globally during the next year.

A Google spokesman said the company had rolled out the benefit this week for all 90,000 US employees, with the initiative guaranteeing them a weekly, at-home nasal swab and a lab analysis.

The company is recommending every staffer be tested weekly, although it is not mandatory, the spokesman said.

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