a “new stage” of fighting the pandemic, according to President Joe Biden.
“I continue to call on Congress here at home to take the urgent action to provide emergency COVID-19 funding that is vital to protect Americans, to make sure that we maintain our supplies of COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines, including next-generation vaccines that are being developed,” Biden said at the second Global COVID Summit.
COVID hospitalizations and deaths have dramatically decreased due to weakened strains and more people getting vaccinated. However, COVID cases are continuing to rise. This is why the White House says testing is a “critical tool” in mitigating the spread of the coronavirus.
Recently, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance to endorse COVID-19 testing for all domestic travelers. Prior recommendations before domestic travel applied to people who weren’t up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines.
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