The Biden administration announced a series of initiatives Tuesday aimed at increasing the use of antiviral pills to treat Covid-19, with a particular focus on Pfizer’s Paxlovid.

Officials had telegraphed the move. On Friday, Ashish Jha, the new White House coronavirus response coordinator, tweeted that the administration would this week take a series of actions to increase the use of the Pfizer drug.

“Paxlovid is extraordinarily effective at preventing bad outcomes,” he said. “We’re getting it out to the American people.”

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