Biden administration plans to lift Covid public health emergency May 11
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a speech on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) prior to a second COVID-19 booster in the South Courtroom of the Eisenhower Executive Directorate Building at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 30, 2022.
Kevin Lamark | Reuters
The Biden administration plans to lift the Covid public health emergency this spring, marking a major turning point in the US response to the pandemic.
The White House, in a statement on Monday, said it would lift both the public health emergency and the national emergency first declared by the Trump administration in 2020 on May 11.
The OMB’s announcement comes in response to two pieces of legislation introduced by Republicans in the House of Representatives to end both emergency declarations.
The OMB said that abruptly ending the state of emergency in the manner prescribed by Republican law “would create widespread chaos and uncertainty throughout the healthcare system.”
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