WASHINGTON: Top US health officials on Wednesday laid out a national blueprint for managing COVID-19, vowing to prepare for any new type of outbreak without closing schools and businesses and demanding additional funding from Congress. Went.
“This plan sets a roadmap to help us fight COVID-19 in the future as we lead America from crisis to a time when COVID-19 doesn’t disrupt our daily lives and is something we prevent, prevent and treat,” the White House said a day later. director that Biden acknowledged that the country’s fight against the coronavirus has entered a new phase.
“The United States must maintain the tools – vaccines, boosters, treatments, tests and masks – to protect against COVID-19 and dramatically reduce the risk of the most dire consequences. Let us respond quickly to a new version.” Be prepared to deliver and keep your schools. And businesses open,” the updated National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan said.
The White House called United States of america The lawmakers asked for more funds to be provided to pay for the treatment and tests for COVID, among other efforts, saying many of the initiatives of the scheme cannot be executed without more investment.
While the plan does not mention a specific dollar amount, sources familiar with the matter said last month that the Biden administration was seeking another $30 billion from Congress.
Additional funding will help restore the nation’s stockpile of tests, antiviral pills and masks for Americans; Strengthening the country’s data collection and monitoring capabilities to detect emerging variants; and boosting vaccine manufacturing capacity; Among other needs, it said.
Biden acknowledged on Tuesday that two years after the country’s mass shutdown due to Kovid, the US should be easing infections and easing various precautions. But he cautioned against complacency towards the disease, which experts have said could flare up again with new forms.
“While we will never accept living with COVID-19, we will continue to combat the virus, as we do with other diseases,” Biden said in his State of the Union speech to Congress.
More than 955,000 people have died in the United States since the beginning of 2020, out of a total of 79,114,386 cases, according to a Reuters analysis.
“This plan sets a roadmap to help us fight COVID-19 in the future as we lead America from crisis to a time when COVID-19 doesn’t disrupt our daily lives and is something we prevent, prevent and treat,” the White House said a day later. director that Biden acknowledged that the country’s fight against the coronavirus has entered a new phase.
“The United States must maintain the tools – vaccines, boosters, treatments, tests and masks – to protect against COVID-19 and dramatically reduce the risk of the most dire consequences. Let us respond quickly to a new version.” Be prepared to deliver and keep your schools. And businesses open,” the updated National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan said.
The White House called United States of america The lawmakers asked for more funds to be provided to pay for the treatment and tests for COVID, among other efforts, saying many of the initiatives of the scheme cannot be executed without more investment.
While the plan does not mention a specific dollar amount, sources familiar with the matter said last month that the Biden administration was seeking another $30 billion from Congress.
Additional funding will help restore the nation’s stockpile of tests, antiviral pills and masks for Americans; Strengthening the country’s data collection and monitoring capabilities to detect emerging variants; and boosting vaccine manufacturing capacity; Among other needs, it said.
Biden acknowledged on Tuesday that two years after the country’s mass shutdown due to Kovid, the US should be easing infections and easing various precautions. But he cautioned against complacency towards the disease, which experts have said could flare up again with new forms.
“While we will never accept living with COVID-19, we will continue to combat the virus, as we do with other diseases,” Biden said in his State of the Union speech to Congress.
More than 955,000 people have died in the United States since the beginning of 2020, out of a total of 79,114,386 cases, according to a Reuters analysis.