Mon Feb 21, 2022 – 4:05 pm EST
WASHINGTON (LifeSiteNews) — President Joe Biden on Friday extended past the two-year anniversary the COVID-19 “national emergency” first declared by President Donald Trump in March 2020.
“There remains a need to continue this national emergency,” Biden wrote in a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. “The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause significant risk to the public health and safety of the Nation.”
“More than 900,000 people in this Nation have perished from the disease, and it is essential to continue to combat and respond to COVID-19 with the full capacity and capability of the Federal Government,” the letter to Pelosi said. “Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Proclamation 9994 concerning the COVID-19 pandemic.”
There have been more than 900,000 deaths in the United States associated with COVID. Most are among elderly people and those with comorbidities such as diabetes or obesity.
People age 65 and older represent nearly 75% of all COVID deaths, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from the beginning of the COVID outbreak through February 13.
The CDC reported
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