The Biden administration released an updated 'National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan' that emphasizes improving surveillance of new variants, boosting production of antiviral treatments, and preventing further economic and school shutdowns.
The Biden administration released an updated"National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan" that emphasizes improving surveillance of new variants, boosting production of antiviral treatments, and preventing further economic and school shutdowns.
The updated preparedness plan is a four-pronged approach to improving the country's ability to confront future surges of the virus. The goals include protecting against and treating COVID-19, preparing and monitoring for new variants, preventing economic and educational shutdowns, and continuing to promote vaccines across the world.
“I want to emphasize that execution of the President's plan requires additional funding. [The Department of Health and Human Services] has laid out some immediate funding needs for Congress. We’ll need additional funding for medium and longer-term priorities, and we'll be working with Congress in the weeks ahead,” said White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients.
President Joe Biden ran on the pledge to eliminate COVID-19, but he has pivoted his pandemic messaging in recent months to reflect an increasing acceptance of the coronavirus as part of the new normal. The rate of new cases has fallen 58% over the past two weeks, to an average of roughly 59,000 new cases announced daily over the past week. Nevertheless, the pandemic is inching toward a grim milestone — 1 million deaths attributed to the virus. Currently, the death tally sits at about 951,000.
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