Riverview assisted living facility receives thousands of expired Covid tests weekly, owner says [Video]

TAMPA, Fla. (WLFA) — Cliff Scott, the owner of Angles Touch, an assisted living facility in Riverview, said he is receiving thousands of unwanted and unordered Covid test kits a week.

“This is a waste of taxpayer money,” Scott said.

Scott said his facility served as a test site during the pandemic, but the delivery of test kits, paid for by the government, never stopped. And now, the deliveries have ramped up, he said, and sometimes two boxes show up a week. The tests, he said, are always expired.

Each box contains hundreds, sometimes thousands of test kits, he said.

“We can’t get anyone to stop them,” Scott said. “The impact may seem small to some people because we’re just one facility, but I look at it on a national basis.”

The shipping label offers few clues.

Scott said he calls the phone number listed on the label, but gets no answer. The label said they’re from HHS, likely Heath and Human Services, the very …