“The pandemic is over,” says the US president. “But we still have a problem with Covid.” Hundreds of people in the United States die every day from a corona infection.
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 broadcast Sunday night (local time). “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 continued.
The interview was taped on Thursday, including when Biden visited the Detroit, Michigan auto show. 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 bivalent mRNA vaccines from the companies Biontech/Pfizer and Moderna.
Trump’s Secret Documents Are ‘Irresponsible’
Biden described the storage of several top-secret documents at his predecessor Donald Trump’s property in the US state of Florida as “irresponsible”. He wondered what information was contained in the documents that could compromise the sources. Biden emphasized that he didn’t know exactly what was in the confiscated documents.
“I didn’t ask for the details of these documents because I don’t want to get involved in the discussion about whether or not the Justice Department should take specific action.” In early August, the FBI searched Trump’s Florida mansion. The FBI confiscated several confidential documents, some with the highest level of secrecy. According to the law, this material should have been delivered to the National Archives.
Since Trump kept the records on his private property after his term, he may have broken the law. This is now being investigated. The question is whether the Justice Department will press charges against the former president. Trump repeatedly claims that the investigations are politically motivated and speaks of a witch hunt.
(APA/dpa)