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White House press secretary Jen Psaki mentioned that the federal authorities has obtained 380 million of the five hundred million COVID-19 checks President Biden promised to ship to Individuals totally free.
"Now we're at the point where we have procured about 380 million of these tests," Psaki mentioned throughout Thursday's press briefing. "We feel we're making very strong progress."
White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
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BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO RAMP UP TESTING SUPPLY TO SCHOOLS IN PUSH TO KEEP THEM OPEN
Psaki's feedback come after Biden introduced earlier Thursday that he has ordered the acquisition of 500 million further checks on high of the half a billion which are already within the strategy of being bought, saying that his administration has made nice progress tackling a nationwide check scarcity in January.
"We're seeing a real improvement in testing," Biden mentioned, including that a deliberate web site Individuals will be capable of use to order the checks is "on track" to go dwell later this month.
"We'll continue to work with the retailers online to increase availability," Biden mentioned. "And for those who want an immediate test, we continue to add FEMA testing sites so that there are more free in-person testing sites."
President Joe Biden.
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The announcement comes the identical day the Supreme Court docket delivered Biden a partial blow, blocking enforcement of Occupational Security and Well being Administration rule that mandated companies with greater than 100 workers require staff to be vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19.
However Psaki struck a extra optimistic tone in regards to the information, noting that the president's rule requiring sure well being care staff to be vaccinated was allowed to remain in place whereas touting the administration's efforts to persuade giant corporations to voluntarily require their staff to be vaccinated.
"We'll be calling on and we'll continue to call on businesses to immediately join us those who have already stepped up, including one-third of Fortune 100 companies, to institute vaccination requirements to protect their workers, customers and communities," she mentioned.
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Psaki's feedback have been echoed by the president in a statement shortly after the ruling Thursday, with Biden saying that he's "disappointed" within the Supreme Court docket's resolution however nonetheless encourages states and particular person employers to mandate the vaccine.
"The Court has ruled that my administration cannot use the authority granted to it by Congress to require this measure, but that does not stop me from using my voice as President to advocate for employers to do the right thing to protect Americans’ health and economy," Biden mentioned.
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