White House announces new COVID-19 prevention efforts, including free tests, vaccination clinics, support for nursing homes

White House announces new COVID-19 prevention efforts, including free tests, vaccination clinics, support for nursing homes Biden administration announces new efforts to reduce COVID-19 as cases rise after Thanksgiving holiday. Will provide more tests, shots and treatments. Karen Weintraub USA TODAY

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Americans will be able to order four more free COVID-19 tests per household, collaborating with communities to open pop-up or mobile vaccination sites, pre-positioning critical supplies like masks gloves and gowns from the Strategic National Stockpile and providing more support to nursing homes and long-term care facilities to protect the most vulnerable.  ....

COVID-19 cases have begun to tick up in the U.S. in recent weeks, with nearly 459,000 cases reported the week of Dec. 7, including nearly 3,000 deaths. COVID-19 in wastewater has fallen nationally in recent days, suggesting infections are likely to fall, although it has been climbing in some states, including Massachusetts.

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