US President Biden launches Covid control initiative that includes an expansion of home tests, tighter curbs on international travel and a nationwide campaign encouraging vaccine boosters
"The actions I'm announcing are ones that all Americans can rally behind and should unite us in the fight against Covid," says Biden says.
President Joe Biden unveiled the plan on Thursday in which private health insurance companies will be required to reimburse customers for the cost of over-the-counter at-home Covid-19 tests.At least eight over-the-counter rapid antigen tests have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration and health insurers already cover the more accurate PCR tests done through laboratories that are not FDA-approved for at-home use.
Mask requirements on airplanes, trains, and public transportation vehicles will be extended through March 18. CDC officials also have ordered airlines to disclose passenger names and other information for those who have recently been in eight southern African countries that identified early Omicron cases and will provide it to local and state public health agencies.Increasing treatment supplies
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