Biden’s Free Covid Tests Ordered by 60 Million U.S. Households

About 60 million households in the U.S. have ordered at-home Covid-19 tests from the federal government after President Joe Biden made them available for free to ease shortages fueled by the omicron variant.

White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre announced the figure on Friday. “Tens of millions” of tests have been shipped out, she said.

The Biden administration hasn’t said how many tests it has so far received for delivery to households, though many have begun arriving to homes around the country.

Biden directed his administration in December to order 500 million tests as omicron, a winter surge and holiday travel ...