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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