Siemens to Supply 50 Million Rapid Covid Tests for U.S. (1)

Siemens Healthineers AG will supply 50 million rapid Covid-19 test kits as part of President Joe Biden‘s push to deliver 1 billion free at-home tests to Americans, the Defense Department said.

The department didn’t say how much it planned to spend on the purchase. The Siemens test is a relatively new option for at-home testing in the U.S., as the Food and Drug Administration temporarily authorized it just last month.

The planned spending marks the next step in Biden’s plan to counter surging cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Retailers in recent weeks have had trouble keeping ...