President will deploy 1k troops to hospitals, ramp up testing sites but tell vaccinated Americans they DON’T need to cancel Christmas in Omicron game plan
President Joe Biden will address the nation Tuesday on his plans for combatting the latest coronavirus surge
He will again stress vaccines and boosters, and issue a stark warning to Americans who haven’t got a shot
The government is buying 500 million home tests kits to be provided free to the public
Two weeks ago, Jen Psaki rejected the idea and snipped: ‘Should we just send one to every American?’
He will also deploy 1,000 military personnel to hospitals and set up federally run testing sites
The administration is not calling for any new lockdowns or travel restrictions and will instead address existing steps like masking indoors, testing, and vaccines
Biden will speak on Tuesday afternoon less than 24 hours after U.S. confirmed first Omicron death
On Monday night the CDC confirmed that Omicron is the dominant COVID strain, making up 73% of cases
States like New York and New Jersey in particular are getting slammed by the new variant
Hospitalizations have not kept pace, though, only growing six per cent in the last two weeks
