Watch the full video to learn how the U.S. fell behind on its at-home Covid testing strategy, and what the Biden administration is doing to fix it:
One tool was noticeably absent from the U.S.'s Covid-19 pandemic-fighting arsenal: at-home rapid tests.
The latest Covid-19 wave during the busy holiday travel season caught the U.S. flat-footed when it came to one key tool in its pandemic-fighting arsenal: at-home rapid tests. The White House has made it clear that the tests — sold over-the-counter at drugstores — are critical to keeping the economy running during the current surge of the highly contagious omicron variant and any future variants.
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