Bill Hemmer calls out COVID-19 tests branded 'Made in China'

The co-hosts of 'America's Newsroom' addressed how the tests, provided by the federal government, are made in China.Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer Tuesday said he received his free COVID-19 tests through the mail under President Biden's new testing initiative, but noted the at-home kits were "made in China."Hemmer, co-host of "America's Newsroom," praised the federal government and the United States Postal Service (USPS) for getting the tests out quickly after he and many other Americans put in the request last week for free tests. And on the back of the fine print, Dana, it is made in China.""Of course," replied co-host Dana Perino.FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S AT-HOME COVID TEST WEBSITE LAUNCHESThe free at-home tests were part of the White House's newly launched initiative to work with the U.S. Postal Service to mail out 500 million at-home coronavirus tests to Americans in the coming weeks to address a testing kit shortage amid the recent omicron surge.Hemmer received the 15-minute at-home rapid antigen tests from iHealth Labs Inc. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, but the test is "Made in China," according to the label. It was awarded a $1.275 billion contract for COVID-19 rapid tests with the U.S. government on Jan. 13, according to the Defense.gov website.The Biden administration said Tuesday not all the 500 million tests were made in China, but there are not enough American-made tests to meet the demand, so they sourced kits made "in other parts of the world." (Fox Digital)"We are procuring as many US-made at-home tests as are available to purchase, while also purchasing additional, FDA authorized at-home tests that are made in other parts of the world," an administration official told Fox News Digital in a statement Tuesday.