The Biden administration said in a statement that the public health emergency will continue through the 11th.
As the Pandemic faded from people's minds, the decision was made. People without masks are returning to work, schools and grocery stores as usual.
The public health emergency has changed the delivery of health services.
The declaration made it possible for the emergency authorization of COVID vaccines to be granted. Medicaid coverage was expanded to millions of people who could lose it once the emergency ends. It temporarily opened up access to telehealth for Medicare recipients, allowing doctors to collect the same rates for those visits.
Republicans have been pressing the administration to end the public health emergency. President Joe Biden wants Congress to give billions more in aid to pay for vaccine and testing. The federal government stopped giving out free COVID-19 tests last month because it had run out of money.
Public health officials want people who are 5 years old and older to get an updated COVID-19 booster with a flu vaccine this fall because of a predicted winter coronaviruses surge. As of last weekend, 13 million people had received the updated booster, which targets the omicron variant.
60 days notice will be given before the public health emergency is over.
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Follow the coverage of the coronaviruses-pandemic by The Associated Press.
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