Biden announces plan to get booster shots to 100m Americans amid Omicron arrival in US
by David Smith in Washington from on (#5SK5C)
President lays out pandemic battle plan for the winter months, including expanded pharmacy availability for vaccines
Joe Biden announced new actions to combat the coronavirus in the US, including a nationwide campaign encouraging vaccine boosters, an expansion of at-home tests and tighter restrictions on international travel.
Buffeted by the emergence of the Omicron variant and a political backlash from Republicans, the US president visited the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, on Thursday and laid out a pandemic battle plan for the winter months.
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