๐Ÿšจ Major announcement from @POTUS today.

While the HALF-BILLION at-home, rapid tests will deservedly get the most attention, there is so much more in the presidentโ€™s plans today.

Everything being announced๐Ÿ‘‡
@POTUS's actions can be split up into 3 categories:

๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿฅ

๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โœ…โœ…โœ…

๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐Ÿ’‰๐Ÿ’‰๐Ÿ’‰
๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅ

. 1,000 military medical personnel to local hospitals

. Teams to set up more hospital beds

. 100s of crewed ambulances to transport patients

. Masks, gloves, gowns, and ventilators from the National Stockpile
๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โœ…โœ…โœ…

. Federal emergency testing sites in hard-hit areas, starting in NYC this week

. Purchasing a half-billion at-home, rapid tests to be distributed for free to Americans that want them
๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐Ÿ’‰๐Ÿ’‰๐Ÿ’‰

. Standing up new pop-up vaccination clinics nationwide

. Pharmacies will be adding appointments and capacity across their network

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