Sharjah24 – AFP: In a virtual meeting hosted by the White House with 25 state governors, President Joe Biden warns some US hospitals could be "overrun" by the latest surge in Covid-19 cases, but says that the country is generally well prepared. He also stressed that the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the virus will not have the same impact as the initial outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020 or the Delta surge in 2021.
Joe Biden, US President said, "It's clearly not enough. If I had known, we would have gone harder and quicker if we could have, because steps we had to take in increasing the number of authorized tests, we're now able to purchase 500 million at home rapid tests to be sent to the American people for free. We're going to continue to use the defense production act to produce as many tests as possible. And starting in two weeks, private insurance will reimburse you for the cost of at-home tests. We're providing access to free tests for folks who don't have insurance. But we have to do more. We have to do better. And we will. "
The US President added,"America has made progress since March, things are better. But we do know that with the rising cases, we still have tens of millions of unvaccinated people and we're seeing hospitalisations rise. It means our hospitals in some places are gonna get overrun, both in terms of equipment and staff. That's why we stockpiled and pre-positioned millions of gowns, gloves, masks, and ventilators. And we mobilised an additional one thousand military doctors and nurses and medics to help staff hospitals."
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