US President Joe Biden has declared an end to the corona pandemic. “The pandemic is over, but we still have a problem with Covid,” Biden said in a TV interview. The interview was taped on Thursday, including when Biden visited the Detroit Auto Show in Michigan. “As you can see, no one is wearing a mask here. Everyone seems to be in good shape, so I think the situation is changing and I think this is a perfect example of that,” the US president said.
Biden’s comments could cause unrest in his own government. Just a few weeks ago, the US government asked Congress for additional billions to fight the pandemic so it could continue to offer tests and vaccines during a possible fall corona wave. However, the corona restrictions in the US were largely lifted. Travel movements are also back to pre-corona level.
The US President tested positive for Corona in July and was treated with the Covid Paxlovid drug. In late August, his wife Jill contracted the virus and was also treated with the drug.
In the US, about 390 people die every day in an average of seven days as a result of Covid 19 disease. US authorities have recently approved two corona vaccines adapted to the omicron variant. The two preparations are the so-called bivalent mRNA vaccines from the companies Biontech/Pfizer and Moderna.