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The Biden Administration is buying $500 Million Covid-19 test kits

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The Biden Administration is buying $500 Million Covid-19 test kits
17 Jan 2022
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The Biden Administration is buying a total of 500 million at-home COVID test kits. The administration is planning to distribute these kits to the Americas for free of cost due to the continuous surge of the Omicron variant. The administration has also set up a website called covidtests.gov, where the citizens will be able to order the test kits.

The test kits will be available from January 19, 2022. The Food and Drug Administration has approved eight at home COVID test kits. The White House has officially made a deal with the US Postal Service for the distribution of these covid test kits. The administration is also planning to order extra 500 million kits on top f its initial order.