instead announced plans to distribute them free of charge last month. when president biden came into office there were zero at-home antigen test on the market. today there are eight and we have quadrupled the supply. according to reporting by vanity fair the biden administration was provided proposal in october to manufacture 700 million covid tests a month. they reportedly turned down the idea because they did not think the production would be possible, jon regards alexander huff, thank you. parishioners flocked to st. patrick s cathedral in manhattan to celebrate midnight mass for the church scaled back some of the service as a safety measure amid the surgeon covid cases in new york city. the dissent of the birthplace of jesus in bethlehem or the number of visitors lower than usual for the second straight year is covid overshadowed the
beginning my heart was out to them filled with gratitude that our workers can get back you are the ones that got us to the first many months the anxiety we need to again. we need you to be able to go to work. the positive is there are millions more of these at home test a new antiviral medications that are on the way. the badges is they will not likely be available in tillage the majority of americans until after the new year, jon regards charles watson live in atlanta. thirty-six president biden the first lady wishing americans and troops a very merry christmas for the first family took a moment to speak with the troops spending the holidays away from family as cases surge across the country. many families wonder whether it was safe to gather. alexander is a washington with the latest on that. these military members are everywhere but home is the president put it. also joining the virtual