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William Smith
Feb 08, 2023 8:21AM ET
Covid emergency is history right now.
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U.S. to end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11
Published Jan 30, 2023 06:41PM ET
Updated Jan 31, 2023 10:10AM ET
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People walk outside wearing masks during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Harlem area of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration on Monday said it will end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11, nearly three years after the United States imposed sweeping pandemic measures to curb the spread of the illness.
The COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) were put in place in 2020 by then-President Donald Trump. Biden has repeatedly extended the measures, which allow millions of Americans to receive free tests, vaccines and treatments.
The White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said in a statement the declarations, which were set to expire in the coming months, would be extended again until May 11 and then terminated.
"This wind-down would align with the Administration's previous commitments to give at least 60 days' notice prior to termination of the PHE," OMB said in an administration policy statement.
The government has been paying for COVID-19 vaccines, some tests and certain treatments under the PHE declaration. When it expires, those costs will be transferred to private insurance and government health plans.
PHE's expiration will also end directives, known as Title 42, that expel migrants from Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border back to Mexico, OMB said.
OMB said in a separate statement that Biden would veto a proposed bill in the U.S. Congress that would eliminate COVID-19 vaccine mandates for health care providers working on certain federal programs.
COVID-19 cases are declining in the United States, though more than 500 people continue to die each day from the disease, government data showed.
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Mark Jannetty
Feb 08, 2023 8:21AM ET
it was over after 2 weeks to slow the spread
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Otb Investor
Feb 01, 2023 7:12PM ET
Hence the blown up Covid death figures.
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William Smith
Jan 30, 2023 7:19PM ET
Fact Box--Hospitals still getting paid extra to list cause of death as Covid.
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