Biden team preps for end to Covid's public health emergency — after one more extension

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Senior Biden officials are targeting an end to the emergency designation for Covid as soon as the spring, after debating doing so last summer and taking a pass, three people with knowledge of the matter told POLITICO

President Joe Biden receives his COVID-19 booster from a member of the White House medical unit on Oct. 25, 2022, in Washington. | Evan Vucci/AP PhotoWhen the Biden administration renews the Covid public health emergency this week, it will mark the 11th time since the coronavirus arrived that the government declared its presence a national crisis.. Should they do so, such a move would represent a major pivot point in the country’s battle with the pandemic.

Under the current tentative plan, health officials will quietly renew the emergency declaration for another 90 days before its scheduled expiration on Wednesday. That would give the administration until early February to alert states and health industry representatives that it plans to end the designation.

In an interview, White House Covid response coordinator Ashish Jha said his team is focused on more urgent priorities like tamping down the latest surge in Covid cases and safeguarding vulnerable Americans from the virus. There is little federal funding left to fuel its vaccination campaign after Congress refused to allocate more money at the end of last year, and even less hope a GOP-led House will entertain future requests. State leaders who were once enthusiastic partners have dropped their Covid precautions and shifted their attention to other matters.

Either way, the White House is not expected to replace staffers who leave the team in the interim — a sign that officials anticipate transitioning increasingly more responsibility back to the health department. Biden similarly is not expected to name a new White House chief medical adviser, following the departure of Anthony Fauci at the end of last year.

 

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