NPR reports:
President Biden announced Thursday that the administration will be buy another 500 million at-home COVID-19 tests for Americans, in addition to the 500 million already being procured. A website will launch next week so Americans can order the free tests, Biden announced.
He also said the White House will make high-quality masks available for free, with details coming out next week.
Biden also said six new federal medical teams will be dispatched to aid overwhelmed hospitals in six states, “helping to decompress overwhelmed emergency departments, and freeing up healthcare providers to continue other lifesaving care,” according to a White House statement.
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JUST IN: The Biden administration is buying another 500 million at-home COVID-19 tests for Americans, in addition to the 500 million already being procured. A website will launch next week so Americans can order the free tests, Biden announced. https://t.co/TLy1aR9flN
— NPR (@NPR) January 13, 2022
President Biden says he will announce next week a plan to make “high-quality masks available to the American people for free”
“I know we all wish that we could finally be done with wearing masks. I get it. But they’re a really important tool to stop the spread” pic.twitter.com/gNXT43wyQt
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 13, 2022
Next week, my administration will announce how we are making high-quality masks available to the American people for free.
They are an important tool to stop the spread of COVID-19, especially Omicron.
— President Biden (@POTUS) January 13, 2022