White House says COVID-19 public health emergency will end on May 11
Republicans call for immediate end to public health emergency
U.S. declared a state of emergency in March 2020… extended by 90 days
When the state of emergency is lifted, personal expenses related to COVID-19 will be covered
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The US public health emergency in response to COVID-19 will end on May 11, after more than three years.
When the state of emergency is over, patients will be responsible for their own COVID-19 related costs in the United States.
Reporter Kim Won-bae reports.
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The White House announced in a statement that President Joe Biden would end the COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11.
The White House announced the schedule while expressing opposition to a Republican House resolution calling for an immediate end to the public health emergency.
The public health emergency for Corona 19 has been extended by 90 days since it was first declared in March 2020 during the Trump administration, but recently it was extended again on the 11th.
In the United States, based on the Public Health Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services can declare a public health emergency for 90 days in the event of an emergency, such as a serious illness, to mobilize necessary resources and extend the period if necessary.
COVID-19 tests, vaccines, and treatments can be provided free of charge while the public health emergency remains, but when it ends, individuals will have to pay for the related costs.
In addition, it is expected that there will be big changes in medical insurance, drug approval, and telemedicine.
[조 바이든 / 미국 대통령 : 결론은 이렇습니다. 제 전임자가 코로나에 걸렸을 때, 그는 월터 리드 병원으로 헬리콥터를 타고 가야 했습니다. 그는 중병에 걸렸습니다. 다행히 그는 회복했습니다. 제가 코로나에 걸렸을 때. 저는 백악관 위층에서 일했습니다. 제 사무실은 위층에 있습니다. 차이는 물론 백신입니다.]
Earlier, the Japanese government also decided to manage Corona 19 like the seasonal flu from May 8th.
[기시다 후미오 / 일본 총리 : 특단의 사정이 발생하지 않는 한 5월 8일부터 코로나19를 5류 감염병으로 하는 방침을 확인했습니다.]
The Japanese government plans to adjust the cost of treatment step by step so that the burden does not increase rapidly, as there is a concern that patients will avoid treatment if the patient has to bear the cost of treatment like the seasonal flu.
This is YTN Kim Won-bae.
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