President of the United States Joe Bidensigned legislation on Monday that lifts the health emergency declared by COVID-19, the White House said.
Biden’s signature gives green light to regulations that have been approved House of RepresentativesRepublican-controlled, January 31st.
The new law will end the current national emergency and public health emergency declarations issued by the former president’s decree. Donald Trump in 2020.
The emergency measures allowed the federal government to release funds to, among other things, support local government efforts to combat the pandemic.
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The Biden administration initially opposed the then bill, saying that its passage would create “tremendous chaos and uncertainty in the US healthcare system.”
White House At the end of January, he announced his intention to stop considering COVID-19 a national emergency on May 11 in order to avoid similar detrimental consequences.
Among them, the Democratic Party administration pointed to the sudden repeal of Section 42, a controversial health regulation that allows for the forced removal of migrants at the border under the pretext of a pandemic.
The Democratic Party government has set May 11 as the date it plans to lift immigration restrictions. (EFE)
Source: RPP
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