(Reuters) -Walgreens Boots Alliance is limiting sales of at-home COVID-19 tests to four per customer due to a surge in demand, the pharmacy chain said on Tuesday, as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads rapidly across the United States.
The new variant is spreading at a lightning speed, dashing hopes for a more normal holiday season, resurrecting restrictions and stretching the country’s testing infrastructure ahead of holiday travel and gatherings.
Walgreens is working with suppliers to try and catch up with demand, a company spokesperson said in a statement.
The Biden administration on Tuesday said it would buy 500 million at-home rapid tests that Americans can order online for free starting in January as it tries to tackle the Omicron variant.
(Reporting by Ananya Mariam Rajesh in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)
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