Here are some of the president's new initiatives:
President Joe Biden outlined new federal initiatives to combat the coronavirus pandemic Thursday, including encouraging booster shots, opening hundreds of family vaccination clinics and making at-home testing kits free, a day after thePresident Joe Biden speaks about the federal response to Covid-19 and the omicron variant at theKey Facts
Speaking at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, on Thursday afternoon, Biden said the country is “better positioned” than it was a year ago to fight Covid-19 as the winter season approaches.
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