The advent of medications to help treat COVID-19 have been one of the keys officials have cited to allow the United States to return to normalcy amid the ongoing pandemic, but getting them into the hands of Americans has remained difficult even with the White House promising more access to the drugs.
Earlier this month, the White House announced a new program that would help get these anti-viral treatments to those individuals who needed them most.
“President Joe Biden has launched a test-and-treat initiative,” Jeff Zients, the White House’s COVID Response Coordinator, said earlier this month. “It will allow people to go to their local pharmacy, take a test, and if the test is positive for COVID, they’ll get immediate access to lifesaving pills.”
When Monica Eng tested positive for the virus on Friday, her mother reminded her about the “test-to-treat” program, so she began calling area pharmacies.
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