Extend US national emergency due to COVID-19 health risk, says Joe Biden

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US President Joe Biden responds to questions from reporters as he meets with his Competition Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington, US

Washingtion: President Joe Biden said on Friday the US national emergency declared in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be extended beyond March 1 due to the ongoing risk to public health posed by the coronavirus. 

Biden said the deaths of more than 900,000 Americans from COVID-19 emphasised the need to respond to the pandemic with “the full capacity” of the federal government.

“There remains a need to continue this national emergency,” Biden said in a letter on Friday to the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate.

The letter was released by the White House. Health risk

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