President Joe Biden's administration may request additional funds from Congress for COVID-19 testing, depending on the severity of the Omicron variant, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said on Tuesday.
People wait in line to take coronavirus disease tests at pop-up testing site in New York City, U.S., December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidWASHINGTON, Dec 14 - President Joe Biden's administration may request additional funds from Congress for COVID-19 testing, depending on the severity of theThe department has $10 billion left in federal relief funds for testing from the $50 billion made available by Congress back in March, but might need more, Becerra said at a meeting with reporters.
"If we have Omicron the way we have Delta? You can sort of see where this goes. The president said we've got to just stay ahead of this. So we don't want to be asking Congress for money after we know we need it," he said.
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