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The White House has a new plan for COVID-19 aimed at getting things back to normal

If you think you might have COVID, you'll be able to get tested at a pharmacy and treated with antiviral drugs right away, under the next phase of the pandemic plan.
Updated March 2, 2022 at 12:20 PM ET

The White House on Wednesday unveiled a new roadmap for the COVID-19 pandemic, one that envisions life going back to normal after two years of crisis, providing for people to get tested and treat the disease, while staying vigilant for new variants and outbreaks.

"We are clearly going in the right direction and with all the interventions we have, I believe that we are prepared for the possibility that we will get another variant, with regard to vaccines, boosters, testing,

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