White House unveils new Covid strategy including ‘test to treat’ plan – as it happened
by Lauren Aratani from US news | The Guardian on (#5WNWY)
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The Guardian's health reporter Jessica Glenza on the White House's new Covid-19 plan:
The White House announcement and State of the Union address also came with a new look and feel. At the State of the Union, Biden, Vice-President Kamala Harris and the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, were all mask-free. So, too, were White House officials when they announced the new Covid-19 plan, notably in-person rather than through a group video call.
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