New federal site will share testing, treatment information

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is launching a web based one-stop middle that can allow People to rapidly discover details about COVID vaccines, assessments remedies and masks and get up-to-date info on the illness of their space.

The positioning, COVID.gov, additionally will embody a “test-to-treat” locator that can assist folks entry pharmacies and group well being facilities the place they’ll get examined for COVID and obtain remedies.

The positioning comes because the U.S. is coming into a brand new section of the pandemic, with a steep decline within the variety of hospitalizations and new COVID instances. Most states and native governments have dropped their masks mandates.

President Joe Biden is scheduled to ship remarks Wednesday on the standing of the nation’s battle towards the pandemic. He’s anticipated to induce Congress to rapidly approve $22.5 billion in emergency funding to battle the illness.

Congress stripped billions of {dollars} in pandemic funding from a authorities spending invoice earlier this month.

Because of this, the administration says, in simply the previous two weeks, it has needed to cease reimbursing well being care suppliers for treating the uninsured, cancel monoclonal antibody orders and minimize states’ provide, scale back orders of remedies for the immunocompromised and pull the U.S. out of line for the acquisition of future vaccine and next-generation remedy.

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What’s the ‘test-to-treat’ initiative?

In his State of the Union deal with earlier this month, Biden introduced the “test-to-treat” initiative in order that People can get examined and obtain antiviral remedies in a single place.

Since then, the administration has launched websites at greater than 2,000 places, together with pharmacy-based clinics, group well being facilities and long-term care amenities.

One other 240 websites have been arrange throughout veterans’ and Protection Division amenities to serve veterans, army personnel and their households.

Extra websites will probably be launched within the coming weeks, the administration mentioned.

Michael Collins covers the White Home. Comply with him on Twitter @mcollinsNEWS.

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