'We've reached a new moment in the fight against COVID-19.' The Biden administration plans to begin stockpiling millions of at-home tests and pills for COVID-19 treatment
"We've reached a new moment in the fight against COVID-19. Because of the significant progress we've made as a country, the determination and resilience of the American people, and the work we've done to make tools to protect ourselves widely available, we are moving forward safely, getting back to our more normal routines," White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters on Wednesday.
Supplies in the stockpile had surged thanks in part to previous rounds of pandemic relief money, enabling the federal plan to distribute someN95 respirators in the wake of the Omicron wave earlier this year. But officials say ramping up the stockpile to address another wave of the virus in the general population would require significant purchases and planning far beyond its current levels.
While cases and hospitalizations have fallen sharply in recent weeks, enabling many parts of the country to take off their masks under recently announced guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the pace of new COVID-19 deathsThe U.S. reached 75% of adult Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 only late last month, by the, and around a third of those eligible for booster shots have yet to receive the additional shot.
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