The Department of Health of USA extended the status of the pandemic on Wednesday COVID-19 as a public health emergency until April, allowing millions of people in the country to continue receiving tests, vaccines and treatments.
The emergency was first declared in January 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic began, and has been renewed every quarter since then. The current rule was to expire this week.
The increasing availability of vaccines and medicines have significantly decreased the number of deaths from the pandemic since the beginning of the president’s term. Joe Bidenwhen more than 3,000 people died every day.
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But hundreds of people continue to die each day from the coronavirus in the United States, according to reports. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The daily cases in USAwhich are well below last January’s record, have risen to an average of more than 67,000 as of January 4, and there are about 390 COVID-related deaths per day, according to CDC data.
Biden administration officials said in November that the possibility of a winter spike in COVID cases and the need for more time to transition to a private market for the sale of tests, vaccines and treatments were two contributing factors. to the decision to the emergency in January.
When it expires, private insurance and government health plans will shoulder the costs of COVID health care for most Americans.
Source: Reuters
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