The U.S. Covid public health emergency will remain in place past Jan. 11 after the federal government did not notify states or health-care provides on Friday of any intent to lift the declaration.
Health and Human Services Secretary Secretary Xavier Becerra has promised to give stakeholders 60 days notice before lifting the emergency declaration so they can prepare for a return to normal operations. In October, HHS extended the public health emergency until Jan. 11.
HHS did not provide a 60-day notice on Friday, which was the deadline to alert states and health-care providers if the federal government planned to lift the declaration on Jan. 11, according to a Health and Human Services spokesperson. Since HHS did not provide notification, the emergency will remain in place for at least another 60 days until mid January.
Public health officials are expecting another Covid surge this winter as people gather more indoors where the virus spreads easier. The future also remains uncertain as more immune evasive omicron subvariants become dominant in the U.S.
How the U.S. fares against Covid this fall and winter will help determine whether the emergency needs to be renewed again moving forward, Becerra told reporters in October.
Biden said it was OVER !!! OVER
he doesn’t remember what he says…and the press deletes stuff like this
Biden said it was OVER !!!! What happened to that ??
Now he wants to keep it to STEAL the Money to Bail Out College Blacks from their Loans !!!!
its been over they cant make you do anything
Biden & the Dems will keep Covid at the forefront as long as it works for them. Ask any provider, nurse, medical office directly it is over rated and over used they don’t believe in the Covid hype. I find this true in the medical field right here in Salisbury that’s fact!