The U.S. health department on Wednesday extended the COVID-19 pandemic’s status as a public health emergency, allowing millions of Americans to continue receiving free tests, vaccines and treatments. | Reuters
People wearing masks walk next to coronavirus disease testing site in New York City, New York, U.S., December 12, 2022.
The U.S. health department on Wednesday extended the COVID-19 pandemic’s status as a public health emergency, allowing millions of Americans to continue receiving free tests, vaccines and treatments. The emergency was first declared in January 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic began, and has been renewed each quarter since then. It was due to end this week.The increased availability of vaccines and medications has significantly diminished the COVID-19 pandemic’s toll since early in President Joe Biden’s term, when more than 3,000 Americans per day were dying.
But hundreds of people a day continue to die from the coronavirus in the United States, according to the
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