U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to provide an update on Tuesday regarding his administration's plans to combat the Omicron variant as it continues to surge across the country.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters the speech would not focus on "locking the country down," but that Biden would be "direct and clear with the American people about the benefits of being vaccinated." She said he would also discuss steps being taken to increase testing and to stress the risks posed to those unvaccinated.

According to reports, this will include distributing a half-billion free at-home tests across the U.S., and deploy more federal health resources to help hospitals.

The speech comes just three weeks after he outlined his initial plan to combat a winter surge of COVID-19, which included increased vaccinations and booster shots, and more stringent testing for international travelers. It also included plans to make rapid at-home testing free for more people.

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