Biden's rapid detection of 500 million households is empty talk!
On December 21 (last Tuesday), US President Joe Biden promised to provide 500 million new coronavirus tests to the American people, but as of now, Biden has not signed a contract to purchase these tests, nor has he established a website for people to download. one. Failure to approve and distribute sufficient numbers of home rapid test kits.
On the morning of December 26, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in an interview with ABC: "The continued increase in new coronary pneumonia cases has led to an increase in the demand for new coronary pneumonia testing, and the government Failed to prepare, now cannot be satisfied.”
Plus, Amazon, Walgreens and CVS have put limits on the number of tests each customer can buy due to surging demand.
Last Wednesday, David Muir, host of ABC News' World News Tonight, asked President Biden whether the lack of test kits was a failure of his administration, despite the Biden administration's promises.
However, President Biden said, I don't see this as a failure. "You might say, we should have known a year ago, six months ago, two months ago, a month ago...I wish I had thought of ordering '500 million tests' two months ago.
However, Fauci said things would improve significantly as we head into January. Now, queues are forming again outside health care clinics across the U.S. as Americans scramble to be tested for a mutated virus that Fauci called "extremely contagious."
41% increase in 24 hours
It is understood that the number of confirmed cases of the new variant of the virus Omicron has increased by 41% in just 24 hours from Sunday on Christmas Day.
But due to limited testing capacity, these numbers are a fraction of the true total. The CDC estimates that Omicron is responsible for at least 73 percent of all COVID-19 infections in five cities including New York and New Jersey. state, the figure is as high as 92%.
On Sunday, the U.S. reported 128,676 new coronavirus cases and 27 new deaths. The death toll has fallen due to Christmas, and Monday's death toll is likely to be higher than usual as the backlog of cases begins to be recorded.
Officials are now warning that the virus could infect 140 million people between January and March — 60 percent of all Americans, even though 90 percent of those infected with the virus are expected to be asymptomatic. Three studies published on the last day confirmed that the strain, which is milder than Delta virus, may lead to an 80% reduction in hospitalizations.
The third wave of the flu pandemic triggered by Omic has severely disrupted Americans' Christmas plans. Airlines canceled more than 600 flights on Sunday due to a surge in weather and the virus. The Biden administration announced it would lift the ban on eight African countries in response to Omicron's actions on New Year's Eve.
In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he would limit the number of New Year's Eve revellers in Times Square to 15,000, down from a planned 58,000, and attendees would be required to wear masks and show Proof of vaccination.