Harris sends Americans struggling to get Covid test to Google

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“If you want to figure out how to get across town to some restaurant you heard is great, you usually do Google to figure out where it is,” she said.

While the VP could not say for sure when the new tests would be sent out, a White House official who declined to be named later told NBC that contracts to create 500 million at-home screenings would be finalized sometime over the next two weeks, adding that further detail would be provided on Friday. 

At-home and rapid coronavirus tests have become increasingly harder to come by, likely explained in part by a plunge in demand as vaccination rates grew across the country, prompting major manufacturers such as Abbott to ramp down production. Shortages have also been driven by the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to authorize only a few companies to produce test kits, with smaller firms claiming the agency used an “arbitrary, opaque process” that favors big competitors, thereby restricting the overall supply.

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