On his second day in office, President Joe Biden signed another series of executive actions – focusing on dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On his second day in office, President Joe Biden signed a series of orders and mandates to stop the spread of the coronavirus – steps he and According to his advisers, the testing, vaccinations, supplies and treatments will boost.
Accelerating the sluggish federal response to COVID-19 is Biden’s top priority, promising 100 million vaccinations in its first 100 days.
“While the vaccine offers so much hope, the deployment so far has been a sad failure. So I understand the despair and frustration of so many Americans and how they feel,” Biden said in comments shortly before signing the executive order. . .
“We did not end up in this mess overnight, and it will be months before we turn things around. But let me be equally clear: we will get through this. We will defeat this pandemic. at this point the clearest: help is on the way. ‘
Biden commented on his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Look here:
The president also urges Congress for another $ 1.9 billion in relief, a package that includes direct payments to Americans, support for small businesses and a major boost in vaccine financing and testing.
The pandemic assistance is a way to advance the strategy his team has developed, starting with the ten executive commands and directions, its COVID-19 response coordinator, Jeff Zients, told reporters.
“Last week, you heard the president outline his vaccine strategy,” Zients said, adding that Biden on Thursday “will advance the roadmap to lead America out of this public health crisis.”
One of the mandates commands agencies to use the Defense Production Act to address critical deficiencies in 12 categories of articles required for testing, treating and vaccinating people for COVID-19 – vaccinations, N95 masks, gowns, gloves, testing supplies and kits, laboratory analysis machines, therapeutic agents and other supplies – and will help spur the production of the articles in the United States.
“This is a wartime business,” Biden said Thursday.
“We’re in a national emergency and it’s time we treated it like one.”
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Biden also signed a memorandum ordering the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse states in full for vaccination and test supplies and for the cost of deploying the national guard associated with the pandemic. Biden plans to set up the COVID-19 Test Board to promote the test.
Other orders and prescriptions are to:
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requires masks on planes and buses and in airports, and requires travelers to show a negative coronavirus test before flying to the United States
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direct more studies and trials of COVID-19 treatments
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instruct more public data on cases and vaccinations
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provides more guidance to schools on reopening
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recommends the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to provide guidance for workplaces
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establish a COVID-19 Health Equality Task Force to make recommendations to ensure that underserved communities are most affected by the pandemic being treated fairly
Biden also plans to support the global response to the pandemic and will join the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility and other multilateral initiatives.
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