Biden Announces Free Home COVID Testing, Emergency Hospital Support to Head Off Winter Omicron Surge
12/22/2021
President Joe Biden announced new COVID-19 testing, vaccination and hospital capacity support initiatives in response to the omicron variant’s increasing burden on the nation’s healthcare system, according to a FierceHealthcare report.
Headlining the efforts are plans to purchase a half-billion at-home rapid tests that will be distributed to Americans “for free,” according to Biden and his administration. These tests will be available to order from a soon-to-come website and be delivered directly to Americans’ homes beginning in January.