The Biden administration will end its giveaway of Covid-19 at-home tests Friday because of insufficient congressional funding, a senior official says.
"The administration has been clear about our urgent Covid-19 response funding needs," the source said."We have warned that congressional inaction would force unacceptable tradeoffs and harm our overall Covid-19 preparedness and response — and that the consequences would likely worsen over time."without knowing conclusively. In fact, experts believe many Americans have been reinfected at this point in the pandemic.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the president's chief medical adviser, has said he believes Covid-19 will be a seasonal occurrence, like the flu. With the halting of distribution Friday, the vast majority of people in the U.S. would still have the option of free testing or getting reimbursed through private insurance, Medicare or Medicaid.
The federal government has distributed an estimated 600 million tests through its Covid-19 test website. It first started shipping the free tests inIt was not immediately clear how many are currently left in the stockpile.Congress for an additional $22.5 billion in funding for Covid relief efforts, warning that it would be unable to sustain testing capacity without it.
But an impasse resulted in the funding, which the Biden administration also intended to use for research and treatments, not being granted.Dennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
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