Covid-19 Rapid Testing in U.S. Lags Behind Other Countries in Delta Wave – The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. is behind the curve on rapid tests.

The Biden administration last week committed $2 billion to boost test manufacturing and distribute free rapid tests to some community sites. Retailers are discounting their prices for consumers. But manufacturers are falling short of demand, and prices remain too high to encourage people to use the tests regularly, public-health experts and economists say.

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Covid-19 Rapid Testing in U.S. Lags Behind Other Countries in Delta Wave - The Wall Street Journal