Biden administration diverts Covid-19 funds to secure vaccines amid stalemate
President Joe Biden looks on as members of the news media ask questions during a Covid-19 Response Team meeting in the South Court Auditorium at the White House on Jan. 13.June 8, 2022, 3:59 PM UTCWASHINGTON — After failing to get additional Covid funding from Congress, the White House will divert more than $10 billion it had planned to spend on testing and personal protective equipment to buyThe redirected funds will enable the U.S.
Since then, Democrats and Republicans have been in a stalemate for months over how much additional money for Covid should be provided and under what terms. As a result, the White House official said the administration is being forced to “cut corners” and make “unacceptable tradeoffs.” “This loss of domestic manufacturing capability of COVID-19 tests will also leave us largely dependent during future surges on tests from foreign nations,” the official said.
In addition, it will have “limited capacity” to sustain the U.S. stockpile of personal protective equipment, ventilators and other supplies needed to respond to another surge.
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