“Today I am & nbsp; to announce & nbsp; our new action plan to & nbsp; fight & nbsp; COVID-19 in winter & nbsp; ; It & nbsp; does not & nbsp; include shutdown capabilities (termination of the work of federal agencies in & nbsp; emergency & nbsp; & mdash; ed.) And & nbsp; lockdown & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said the head of state.
Instead, Biden stressed, his administration intends to focus on scaling up testing and vaccination of the US population against COVID-19.
The President of the United States said that & nbsp; his new action plan includes five points: increasing access of American citizens to & nbsp; booster vaccines, opening clinics for & nbsp; “ family ''; vaccinations, increasing the availability of free home testing for & nbsp; coronavirus, increasing the number of pandemic response teams and & nbsp; intensifying efforts to & nbsp; global vaccinations.
Biden also called on private companies to provide employees with paid time for coronavirus vaccinations.
On & nbsp; Thursday, the White House reported that the & nbsp; United States is under & nbsp; conditions for the spread of the omicron strain extending up to & nbsp; 18 & nbsp; March, the prescription to wear masks on & nbsp; transport and & nbsp; introduced from the beginning of next week mandatory testing for & nbsp; coronavirus of all travelers arriving in & nbsp; the country of travelers in & nbsp; within a day before & nbsp; departure.
Experts predict growth The incidence of coronavirus in the & nbsp; United States this winter, President Joe Biden said.
“Experts say COVID-19 cases will continue to rise in & nbsp; the coming weeks and & nbsp; this winter. We need to be prepared & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; he said, announcing new measures to combat the & nbsp; pandemic.
Biden added that two cases of the omicron strain of coronavirus have so far been identified in the & nbsp; United States. He & nbsp; reiterated that & nbsp; this is cause for & nbsp; concern, but & nbsp; not & nbsp; panic.
“ We & nbsp; will fight this option of science and & nbsp; promptness, not & nbsp; rabsp; chaos, & nbsp; confusion. & Nbsp; & mdash; said the president.