U.S. President Joe Biden stated during an interview broadcast Sunday night that The novel coronavirus pandemic has «ended» in the U.S., even though The country continues to face a high number of infections and a staggering death toll, It is recording hundreds of deaths every day.
«If you look around, No one is wearing a mask, »And everyone is in pretty good shape,« Mr. Biden said on CBS's »60 Minutes." “The pandemic is over,” he claimed in an interview he gave on the sidelines of an auto show in Detroit, which drew thousands of visitors.
«We still have a problem with COVID. We still have a lot of work to do. But the pandemic is over,» he insisted.
The daily death toll has fallen dramatically compared to the beginning of Mr. Biden’s term, in 2021, when it reached as high as 3,000 deaths per day. Improvements in medical care, medications, and, above all, the availability of vaccines have helped to alleviate the health crisis.
However, nearly 400 people continue to die every day from COVID-19 complications in the U.S., according to official data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
There are still thousands of infections, and even the presidency has not been spared. Joe Biden spent more than two weeks in isolation at the White House after contracting SARS-CoV-2 twice since July. His wife, Jill, was in turn infected in August. Nevertheless, the U.S. president emphasized that the fact they experienced only mild symptoms shows how much things have changed during his term in office.
Despite his statement that the pandemic is «over,» Joe Biden has asked Congress to approve $22.4 billion to prepare the healthcare system for a possible surge in infections this fall.
The United States remains by far the country that has been hit hardest by the pandemic on a global scale, with 1.05 million deaths out of a total of 95.4 million cases.
