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he Biden administration has yet again extended the Covid-19 public health emergency determination for another 90 days, the White House announced on Wednesday.
Since first being announced on January 31, 2020, the public health emergency has been renewed ten times already, making this latest extension the 11th.
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra made the announcement via a declaration, titled “Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists.“
“As a result of the continued consequences of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, on this date and after consultation with public health officials as necessary, I, Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, pursuant to the authority vested in me under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, do hereby renew, effective January 11, 2023, the January 31, 2020, determination by former Secretary Alex M. Azar II, that he previously renewed on April 21, 2020, July 23, 2020, October 2, 2020, and January 7, 2021, and that I renewed on April 15, 2021, July 19, 2021, October 15, 2021, January 14, 2022, April 12, 2022, July 15, 2022, and October 13, 2022, that a public health emergency exists and has existed since January 27, 2020, nationwide,” the declaration reads.
