White House outlines plan to protect Americans against omicron variant this winter

The plan includes expanding free at-home COVID testing and providing more vaccines for kids to keep schools open.

It also includes more access to COVID-19 boosters for all adults, including at pharmacies through December.

All travelers arriving to the US from overseas must test within one day of their departure, Biden added.

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The new omicron variant wasconfirmed in the USon Wednesday.

Multiple studies demonstrate that COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective inpreventing severe illness and deathfrom the virus.

They are an important tool in bringing the pandemic under control.