US president Joe Biden is due to announce new measures to try to combat a potentially devastating Covid-19 surge, which include distributing 500 million free test kits and deploying 1000 military medics to struggling hospitals.
But despite Omicron now being the dominant strain in the United States, the White House has ruled out locking the country down.
Jagruti Dave reports from Washington.
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