President Biden To be make a comment about the pandemic and is expected to announce a purchase of half a billion Quick Covid-19 test at home and plans to distribute them free of charge to Americans who request them through a website, one of the new steps he will unveil as the country faces a rise in infections in the winter.
500 million new tests will be administered next month and will reach Americans by mail, the official said. The administration is still working to determine how many tests each household can request.
Among the President’s new initiatives is a plan to prepare 1,000 military service members for deployment to overwhelmed hospitals across the country in January and February, administration officials said. . Those serving members will include doctors, nurses, medics, and other military medical personnel.
Biden hopes to reassure Americans that if they are vaccinated, they can continue with their holiday plans without fear of becoming seriously ill. On the contrary, he wants to warn unvaccinated people of the possibility of severe illness or death in the coming months.
“The President will be telling the American people that if they are vaccinated and follow the precautions we all know well, especially wearing a mask while traveling, they will feel comfortable celebrating Christmas. and holidays as they planned,” a senior administration official said ahead of time. previewed a speech Biden hopes will reassure nervous Americans ahead of the holiday season.
By contrast, Biden will warn the tens of millions of Americans who have so far refused vaccinations that they are at high risk of getting sick or hospitalized because the highly contagious Omicron variant spreads rapidly across the country.
Biden will also announce new vaccination sites and increase access to vaccines, and will deploy hundreds more federal immunization doctors who will help add “thousands of appointments per week,” the official said. this said.
More background information: The speech, which came just days before Christmas, reflected Biden’s renewed focus on the coronavirus pandemic as anxiety grows across the country about the possibility of new restrictions and closures.
Roads for test centers have stretch for blocks In certain areas, including the northeast, the White House is developing plans to open new federal testing sites in New York City before Christmas.
Distributing free home tests to all Americans was removed by the White House this month. Press secretary Jen Psaki scoffed earlier this month when asked if the tests should be free and distributed everywhere.
