In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Joe Biden said his administration is launching a program to get COVID antiviral treatments immediately to people who test positive for the virus.

In the new “Test to Treat” initiative, “people can get tested at a pharmacy, and if they’re positive, receive antiviral pills on the spot at no cost,” Biden said.

More than a million doses of Pfizer’s antiviral pills, Paxlovid, will be available, and more than double that amount will be available in April.

Hundreds of one-stop sites will open across the country this month that will allow people to receive treatment for COVID-19 immediately after testing positive for the virus, according to White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients.

The Pfizer antiviral pill, Paxlovid, can reduce your chances of ending up in the hospital by 90% if you contract COVID-19, Biden said.

Paxlovid has not been authorized for pre-exposure or post-exposure prevention of COVID-19, and is not a substitute for vaccination, according to a news release from the Food & Drug Administration.

Walgreens and CVS will be participating in the program, but they have not yet announced when the program will launch at their Charlotte locations.

“With our MinuteClinic medical clinics and CVS Pharmacy footprint we are uniquely positioned to help support the government’s Test to Treat initiative and look forward to helping provide expanded access as additional inventory becomes available,”a spokesperson for CVS said in an email to the Observer.

“Our pharmacists and pharmacies have played an essential role in response to COVID-19, and stand ready to further support in the timely and accessible delivery of COVID-19 treatments to patients,” a Walgreens spokesperson said in a statement. “We will provide additional details regarding rollout in our stores as it becomes available”