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White House ramps up testing amid surge in hospitalizations

COVID hospitalizations reach record high as the White House rushes to ramp up testing

01/11/2022

PBS News Hour

White House ramps up testing amid surge in hospitalizations

Clip: 1/11/2022 | 8m 13sVideo has Closed Captions

COVID hospitalizations reach record high as the White House rushes to ramp up testing

During Tuesday's congressional hearing about the pandemic, there were tough criticisms of the Biden administration and the lack of available testing. Biden has announced plans to ramp up the response, from requiring insurers to pay for rapid at-home testing to making 500 million tests available. Thomas Inglesby, senior advisor to the White House COVID team, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.

01/11/2022

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