As COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Ends, Fallout Continues & Reed Urges the Nation & States to Better Prepare for Future Pandemics
May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023
WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023:
Today marks the official end of the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency declarations. Going forward, the federal coronavirus response is restructured to treat the virus as an endemic threat to public health -- not a pandemic -- that can be treated like other respiratory illnesses and managed through federal agencies' normal authorities.
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Today marks the official end of the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency declarations. Going forward, the federal coronavirus response is restructured to treat the virus as an endemic threat to public health -- not a pandemic -- that can be treated like other respiratory illnesses and managed through federal agencies' normal authorities.
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