Gov. Newsom Signs Executive Order To Prevent Price Gouging On At-Home Covid Tests

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Governor Gavin Newsom signed an enforcement bid contiguous creating user protections against terms gouging connected at-home trial kits arsenic portion of the state’s continued efforts to support Californians amid the nationalist emergence of COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron strain.

The bid bans retailers from raising prices for COVID-19 At-Home Test Kits by much than 10%, which volition assistance to amended entree to these tests astatine a tenable price.

Governor Newsom announced the deployment of much than 200 California Guard unit to heighten capableness astatine 50 investigating sites crossed the authorities yesterday, successful an effort to bolster the state’s robust investigating program. This inaugural comes connected apical of the state’s existing 6,000 investigating facilities, arsenic good arsenic the state’s caller demand-based enlargement of hours astatine state-operated sites and the 9.6 cardinal tests sent to schools since aboriginal December.

CBS13 Staff