The United States Government will this week start providing free at-home COVID-19 tests, free N95 masks and deploy military health workers to hospitals in at least six states struggling with capacity in the face of the rapidly spreading Omicron variant.
A federal website will begin accepting orders of up to four free testing kits per household starting Wednesday with the administration promising 1 billion kits amid a shortage created by a precipitous rise in cases nationwide - currently averaging 800-thousand daily.
President Joe Biden announced last week the deployment of 120 military medical personnel to help ease the burden on frontline health workers.
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