Biden signs law to end the health emergency due to the pandemic

The president of USA, Joe Bidensigned this Monday a law that ends the health emergency declared by the covid-19reported the White House.

Biden’s signature gives the green light to the regulation, which was approved by the House of Representativescontrolled by the Republicans, on January 31.

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The new law puts an end to the current declarations of national emergency and public health emergency, decreed by the former president donald trump in 2020.

The emergency measures allowed the federal government to allocate funds to support the efforts of local governments to combat the pandemic, among other actions.

Initially, the Biden government opposed the then-bill, noting that, if approved, it would create a “enormous chaos and uncertainty in the US healthcare system.”

The White House had signaled at the end of January its intention to stop considering the covid-19 a national emergency on May 11, to avoid this kind of detrimental consequence.

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Among them, the Democratic administration signaled an abrupt end to the Title 42a controversial health regulation that allows hot expulsions of migrants at the border with the excuse of the pandemic.

The Democratic government has maintained May 11 as the date on which it plans to lift the immigration restriction.

Source: Elcomercio

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