Biden says his administration will make free high-quality face masks available to all Americans
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President Joe Biden on Thursday announced his administration will purchase an additional 500 million Covid-19 tests and said he will soon detail plans for his administration make high-quality masks free to Americans.
"I know that for some Americans, a mask is not always affordable or convenient to get, so next week we will announce how we are making high-quality masks available to the American people for free," Biden said in remarks from the White House. "I know we all wish could finally be done with wearing masks, I get it, but they are a really important tool to stop the spread, especially of the highly transmissible Omicron variant."
Biden acknowledged the malaise that the country is feeling during this latest onslaught of Covid-19 cases.
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