Free at-home COVID-19 tests mailed through USPS to Americans were made in China
Bill Hemmer, Dana Perino discuss USPS
COVID-19 tests 'made in China'
The
co-hosts of 'America's Newsroom' addressed how the tests, provided by the
federal government, are made in China.
Fox News anchor Bill
Hemmer Tuesday said he received his free COVID-19 tests
through the mail under President Biden's new testing initiative, but noted the
at-home kits were "made in China."
Hemmer, co-host of "America's Newsroom," praised the
federal government and the United States Postal Service (USPS) for getting the
tests out quickly after he and many other Americans put in the request last
week for free tests. But he noted when he turned the test package over the
"fine print" revealed the tests were manufactured in China.
"I got mine yesterday," Hemmer said, holding up the
orange kit. "All four of them came. Congrats U.S. government. U.S. Postal
Service did a great job. Got my four tests. And on the back of the fine print,
Dana, it is made in China."
"Of course," replied co-host Dana Perino.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S AT-HOME
COVID TEST WEBSITE LAUNCHES
The free at-home tests
were part of the White House's newly launched initiative to work with the U.S.
Postal Service to mail out 500 million at-home coronavirus tests
to Americans in the coming weeks to address a testing kit shortage amid the
recent omicron surge.
Hemmer received the 15-minute at-home rapid antigen tests from
iHealth Labs Inc. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, but
the test is "Made in China," according to the label.
iHealth is a unit of the
Chinese company Andon Health Co. Ltd., according to Reuters.
It was awarded a $1.275 billion contract for COVID-19 rapid tests with the U.S.
government on Jan. 13, according to the Defense.gov website.
The Biden administration said Tuesday not all the 500 million
tests were made in China, but there are not enough American-made tests to meet
the demand, so they sourced kits made "in other parts of the world."
"We are procuring as many US-made at-home tests as are available to purchase, while also purchasing additional, FDA authorized at-home tests that are made in other parts of the world," an administration official told Fox News Digital in a statement Tuesday. "Together this ensures that we are making available as many at-home tests for the American people as possible and importantly, we’re doing so in a way that ensures we are not interfering with other channels where people can get at home tests, including through their states, pharmacies and online retailers."
The official added that all tests – regardless of origin – were
subjected to the emergency use authorization process through the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA).
BIDEN ANNOUNCES 500M MORE COVID
TESTS TO BE DISTRIBUTED FOR FREE AMID OMICRON SURGE
"Importantly, every at-home test that is available to the
American people has underwent a rigorous FDA approval process guaranteeing that
it is of the highest quality," the official said.
The iHealth at-home test is labeled "authorized by the FDA
under an Emergency Use Authorization."
iHealth Labs Inc. is one of several COVID-test providers. Others contracted with the U.S. government include Roche Diagnostics Corp. headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Abbott Rapid Dx North America LLC, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, according to contracts found at the Defense.gov website.
BIDEN ADMIN PLANS TO HAVE
POSTAL SERVICE MAIL 500M CORONAVIRUS AT-HOME TEST KITS AMID SURGE
This isn't the first time Chinese-made coronavirus supplies have
raised eyebrows.
The Office of the
Attending Physician of the U.S. Congress has provided congressional offices
with KN95 masks for lawmakers and their staff that have "Made in China"
printed on them.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS SLAM
GOVERNMENT PURCHASE OF 'MADE IN CHINA' KN95 MASKS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
Fox News obtained photos of the KN95 masks provided to members
of Congress. The masks have "Made in China" printed on the side in
bold text, and the package includes a sheet of paper with a stamp of a red
star.
More than 120 House Republicans
expressed their "disbelief and outrage" in a letter last week that
taxpayer dollars are being used to purchase the face coverings manufactured in
China, when "American alternatives are available."
Fox News' Brooke Singman
contributed to this report.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bill-hemmer-covid-19-tests-branded-made-china
Chinese-Made COVID-19 Test Kits Are Coming to Millions of American Households via White House Initiative
https://www.ntd.com/chinese-made-covid-19-test-kits-are-coming-to-millions-of-american-households-via-white-house-initiative_733904.html
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