WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is putting into play his national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks.
It also includes a requirement that Americans mask up for travel.
He signed 10 virus-related executive orders on Thursday with the nation deep in the deadliest wave of the pandemic and facing worrisome new mutations.
Among the proposals include a Federal Pharmacy Program, a plan for FEMA to launch more federally-assisted vaccination hubs, expanding the number of professionals who can administer the vaccine and calling on Congress to fund a Public Health Workforce.
You can read the entire White House plan at https://www.whitehouse.gov/priorities/covid-19/
Biden has vowed to take more aggressive measures than his predecessor to contain the virus, but he faces steep obstacles, including uncertainty over whether congressional Republicans will help pass his $1.9 trillion coronavirus package.
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