Biden puts forth virus strategy, requires mask use to travel
New York officials are pushing for more COVID-19 vaccine doses as the effort to speed up inoculations collides with a lack of vaccine. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that the city will run out of first doses of COVID-19 vaccine sometime Thursday without fresh supplies. The U.S. mask order for travel being implemented by Biden will apply to airports and planes, ships, intercity buses, trains and public transportation. As part of his COVID-19 strategy, Biden will order the establishment of a COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force to ensure that minority and underserved communities are not left out of the government's response. Biden is ordering FEMA to reimburse states for the full cost of using their National Guards to set up vaccination centers.
Biden signs burst of virus orders, vows 'Help is on the way'
President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington. โWe didnโt get into this mess overnight, and it will take months to turn this around,โ Biden said at the White House. Asked about that at the White House on Thursday, Biden told a reporter: โWhen I announced it, you all said itโs not possible. But administration officials stressed that reopening schools safely depends on increased testing. โWe do not have nearly enough testing capacity in this country,โ said White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients.
As virus rages in US, New York guards against another rise
FILE - In this May 27, 2020, file photo, medical personnel work in the emergency department at NYC Health + Hospitals Metropolitan in New York. Some health care workers are heading to other states to help fight the virus, reciprocating the influx that gave New York hospitals some much-needed relief just months ago. Yet with the virus tearing through the South and West, Cuomo warned Friday it would eventually rear up again in New York. "The question is one of timing.As cases spiked in March and April, New York became the nation's coronavirus nightmare, with New York City at the crux of it. New York has taken reopening relatively slowly and braked, postponing the resumption of indoor restaurant service in New York City, after cases began surging elsewhere.
Coronavirus deaths are expected to go down before a sharp rise in September, model shows
CNN The US surpassed 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases as experts predicted Thursday that tens of thousands more people will get infected and die in the months ahead. Daily deaths are expected to decrease through June and July, then remain relatively stable through August before rising sharply in September, the model forecasts. North Carolina recently broke its record with 780 coronavirus hospitalizations by early Thursday, according to the North Carolina Healthcare Association. Nobody knows that you were there, nobody has your name," Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said. Los Angeles County is seeing an average of 1,300 new coronavirus cases a day as it allows more businesses to reopen, including gyms and museums.