What will ending the COVID-19 emergency look like in the US?
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 15: Medical workers tend to a patient at a Brooklyn hospital that has seen a rise in coronavirus-related cases on December 15, 2020 in New York City.
After closing indoor dining earlier this week, New York City politicia 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.Then-President Donald Trump first declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency on March 13, 2020.
The emergencies have been repeatedly extended by Biden since he took office in January 2021, and are set to expire in the coming months.
The White House said Biden plans to extend them both briefly to end on May 11.RELATED: President Biden to end country's COVID-19 emergencies on May 11While Biden hasn’t laid out details on what ending the emergency would look like, there is a glimpse based on measures that were passed during the emergency.In 2020, emergency use authorization for the COVID-19 vaccines was given.
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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