End of Covid emergency in US
After more than three years, the Covid emergency in the United States has ended. US President Joe Biden officially lifted the country's Covid national health emergency on Monday (April 10) local time.
Although this step has been taken to ensure quality healthcare for American citizens, more than 1 million people have lost their lives in the country due to the corona epidemic. AFP reported this information in a report on Tuesday (April 11).
The White House said President Joe Biden signed a law previously passed by Congress. As a result, the act "ends the national emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic."
NBC News reports that President Joe Biden has signed a law previously passed by Congress a month ahead of schedule. That is, the national emergency was supposed to end after another month. However, a separate public health emergency related to Covid will remain in force until May 11.
However, the effect of ending the state of emergency on the tense southern border with Mexico will be minimal. US authorities there have long struggled to cope with waves of undocumented immigrants and large numbers of asylum seekers.
Funding for covid testing, free vaccinations and other emergency measures will now stop in the US as the covid national health emergency ends.
The state of emergency was imposed in January 2020 mainly to keep the country, the world's largest economy, free from the grip of the global pandemic. Still, more than 1 million people have lost their lives in the Corona epidemic in the country.
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