Biden reveals expected coronavirus death toll in US in February

US President Joe Biden has unveiled a comprehensive strategy to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, warning that it will take months for his administration’s actions to impact the disease spread in the country significantly, Report informs referring to the Financial Times.

We didn’t get into this mess overnight. It’s going to take months for us to turn things around. The brutal truth is it’s going to take months before we can get the majority of Americans vaccinated, Biden said.

He reaffirmed his commitment to launch ‘an aggressive, safe and effective vaccination campaign,’ with 100 million injections to be administered during his first 100 days in office.

Meanwhile, the president said his administration would force anyone flying into the US to have had a negative test result beforehand and quarantine upon arrival, a slight toughening-up of the existing regime.

He added he would make it mandatory to wear a mask on some forms of interstate travel.

Biden also pledged to invoke the Korean war-era Defense Production Act to force companies to make items that are in short supply, including vaccine syringes, N95 masks, and materials for testing kits.