United States to focus efforts on making vaccinations, testing, and treatments even more widely available and easy to find as COVID-19 cases increase.
Washington, D.C: On Thursday, December 15, 2022, the USA Administration announced a plan to stay ahead of an increase in COVID-19 cases this winter.
According to a White House statement, Throughout the COVID-19 response, this Administration has been prepared for whatever the virus throws our way – and this moment is no different. While COVID-19 is not the disruptive force it once was, the virus continues to evolve, and cases are on the rise again as families are spending more time indoors and gathering for the holidays.
The Biden Administration’s COVID-19 Winter Preparedness Plan includes expanding easy access to free COVID-19 testing options in the winter, making free at-home, rapid COVID-19 tests available through COVIDTests.gov., distributing more free tests to Americans at trusted locations, making vaccinations and treatments readily available to all Americans as cases rise, offering resources and assistance to increase vaccinations and respond to a possible surge, collaborating with communities to open pop-up and/or mobile vaccination sites, getting additional resources to community health centers and aging and disability networks to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
Together with states, USA govt. will monitor the impacts of variants, cases, and hospitalizations on our communities and – should it become necessary – escalate our support to states and communities. The Administration stands ready with federal capabilities to support urgent needs as they present, including through clinical staffing, personal protective equipment and supplies, and technical assistance.
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