The Administration has also administered more than 50 million diagnostic tests in-person at pharmacy and community-based sites. And through, the Administration has distributed more than 750 million free COVID-19 tests shipped directly to more than 80 million households.

The Administration has also made lifesaving treatments widely available, with more than 15 million courses administered. history, with over 270 million people receiving at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. Over the last two years, the Biden-Harris Administration has effectively implemented the largest adult vaccination program in U.S. Today, HHS is releasing a Fact Sheet with an update on current flexibilities enabled by the COVID-19 emergency declaration and how they will be impacted by the end of the COVID-19 PHE on May 11.ĭue to the Biden-Harris Administration’s whole-of-government approach to combatting COVID-19, we are now in a better place in our response than at any point of the pandemic and well-positioned to transition out of the emergency phase and end the COVID-19 PHE. Since HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra’s February 9, 2023, letter to Governors announcing the planned end of the COVID-19 PHE, the Department has been working closely with partners-including Governors state, local, Tribal, and territorial agencies industry and advocates-to ensure an orderly transition out of the COVID-19 PHE. Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023.

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