White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, Gov. Dan J. McKee are expected to formally announce Thursday the opening of The nation's first federally backed test-to-treat site at Clínica Esperanza in Providence. / ELISE AMENDOLA / ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO
PROVIDENCE – White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish K. Jha said sick Rhode Island residents should not be shy about coming by to get speedy, on-site access to the COVID-19 antiviral drug Paxlovid, available at no cost through a new “test-to-treat” site set up in Providence with help from the federal government. “I would…