By Zeke Miller -
The Associated Press
The Government chaired by Joe Biden will once again distribute free COVID-19 tests to all homes in the country, as part of its contingency plan to avoid a new wave of infections in winter, according to an official from the White House advanced this Thursday.
After a three-month hiatus, the government will make four rapid tests available to citizens that can be ordered from the website www.covid.gov/tests starting this Thursday.
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The Administration has mobilized health personnel and material in case it is necessary to reinforce hospitals and residences for the elderly, as happened in previous waves of the virus.
Although no medical center has yet requested help, the authorities have already prepared ventilators, personal protective equipment and rapid intervention material, said the official consulted.
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The Government has also requested states and local administrations to encourage citizens to receive the new updated bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, which offers greater protection against severe symptoms and death from variants that are now circulating.
It also reminds nursing homes and long-term care centers how to act to prevent the virus and treat it in this type of patient.
Funding for the new tests has been obtained from other virus programs as the White House struggles to win congressional approval for additional emergency funding against COVID-19.
