President Joe Biden says the federal government will buy half a billion COVID-19 rapid test kits and distribute them free of charge to people to use at home.
But despite the high public demand for tests, it will still be several more weeks before these kits are available to be shipped. The administration is still working on details for how the program will work.Not yet. As of this week, the departments of Defense and Health and Human Services were "executing on what's called an ‘accelerated emergency contract,'" the White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, said. The contract is expected to be signed soon.
U.S. health regulators have authorized two pills against COVID-19 that Americans can take at home, developed by Pfizer and Merck.It's unclear. But Psaki noted that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved several different brands of rapid home tests that are currently on the market.WHY IS BIDEN BUYING THESE TEST KITS?
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