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 500 Million At-Home Covid-19 Test Kits On the Way

The WSJ reports Biden Administration to Distribute 500 Million At-Home Covid-19 Test Kits

The Biden administration is preparing to distribute 500 million free at-home Covid-19 testing kits to Americans and deploy military doctors and nurses to overburdened hospitals this winter, as the Omicron variant spreads around the country.

"This is not a speech about locking the country down," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday.

Mr. Biden will announce that he is deploying federal emergency medical response teams to six states: Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Arizona, New Hampshire and Vermont. He also will instruct Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to prepare to send 1,000 military medical personnel—including doctors, nurses and paramedics—to hospitals in January and February as needed, the White House said.

Mr. Biden will announce that the administration is setting up new federal testing sites around the country, with the first opening in New York City this week. The initial delivery of at-home testing kits from the 500 million being purchased by the government will begin in January. The tests will be distributed to the public free by mail through a new website, the officials said.