The White House said Thursday that more than 1 million people have died in the United States from the virus. coronavirusand President Joe Biden called not to lower our vigilance, to try and vaccinate the population and treat the infected.

“Today we have reached a tragic milestone: one million American lives have been lost to COVID-19,” Biden said in a statement, as the United States, first country to exceed one million deaths by Covid-18, faces a new increase in cases.

“We must remain vigilant in the face of this pandemic and do all we can to save as many lives as possible, as we have done with more tests, vaccinations and treatments than ever before,” Biden added.

Then several months of forgiveness of coronavirus in the world’s most mourning country due to the pandemic that began in China at the end of 2019, before Brazil, India and Russia, the United States registers a month daily increase in cases.

Fourth dose, only for people over 50 years of age

The increase occurs in a context where the mask is no longer mandatory, though Internal use is recommendedand where a fourth dose of the vaccine is only available for those over 50 years of age.

“An million vacant seats around the table. Each of them is an irreplaceable loss. Everyone leaves a family, a community and a nation forever altered by this pandemic, ”Trump said.

“Jill and I are praying for each of them,” he added, referring to his wife and first lady, the Europa Press news agency reported.

Omicron subvariants

The rebound in infections is due to Ómicron subvariants, more contagious than previous strains although its effects seem to be less serious, in a country where the 66% of the population is vaccinated -90% in the case of those over 65 years of age.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the numbers of member countries compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO) give the total 5.4 million die from Covid-19 in these two years.

But the WHO said on Thursday that the pandemic caused between 13 and 17 million deaths worldwide, from January 2020 to December 2021.

This is triple the sum of the official balancesshowing the devastation of the worst pandemic the planet has experienced in a century.

world summit

Biden will demand a renewed international commitment to tackle covid through conference second virtual summit in the pandemic and will result in the “tragic milestone” of the United States with millions of deaths.

“As a nation, we must not be indifferent in such pain, ” Biden said in a statement on Thursday. “To heal, we must remember. We must remain vigilant in the face of this pandemic and do all we can to save as many lives as possible.”

The president asked Congress to provide more funding for tests, vaccinations and treatmentsomething that lawmakers have not been able to pass until now.

The lack of funding _ Biden has requested an additional $ 22.5 billion which he considers valuable _ is a reflection of the will is lost in the country and jeopardizes the global pandemic response.

Eight months after the first summit, at which he announced the ambitious commitment to donate 1.2 billion vaccines in the world, the sense of urgency for the United States and other countries to respond it is missing.

He has the desire to distribute vaccines and treatments is reducedas the most contagious variants proliferate and millions of people in the world are not vaccinated.

Source: EFE and Associated Press

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