Biden to announce half a billion free home Covid tests to fight Omicron
Move is part of a renewed White House effort that also includes the Pentagon calling up 1,000 troops to deploy to hospitals
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Half a billion at-home coronavirus tests will be sent free to the American public in an effort to fight the surging Omicron variant, Joe Biden will announce on Tuesday.
The move is part of a renewed White House effort that includes the Pentagon calling up 1,000 troops to deploy to hard-hit hospitals and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) working to expand medical capacity.
