Kroger developed its own at-home COVID tests and is giving them to employees for free

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• Kroger is giving its employees access to an at-home COVID-19 testing kit.
• Employees will video chat with a medical professional while taking the test to ensure proper sample collection.
• Employees will then send the test sample to a lab via overnight shipping, and receive results within 24 to 48 hours.
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Kroger is giving its employees access to free at-home COVID-19 tests starting this week, the company said Wednesday. 

The grocery chain said the US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for the test kits, which Kroger developed. Kroger said it hoped to be processing up to 60,000 tests per week by the end of July. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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