President Biden To End COVID-19 Emergencies On May 11

Washington: President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emer­gencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first de­clared.

The move to end the national emergency and public health emer­gency declarations would formally restructure the federal coronavi­rus response to treat the virus as an endemic threat to public health that can be managed through agen­cies’ normal authorities.

It comes as lawmakers have already ended elements of the emergencies that kept millions of Americans insured during the pan­demic. Combined with the draw­down of most federal COVID-19 relief money, it would also shift the development of vaccines and treatments away from the direct management of the federal govern­ment.

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Source: AP