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President Joe Biden said Wednesday the U.S. is turning the page on the COVID-19 pandemic, as his administration took the wraps off a website that aims to help Americans find tests, treatments and other resources.
“Because of the strategy we executed over the past year on vaccinations, testing, treatments and more, we’re now in a new moment in this pandemic,” he said during a brief speech. “That does not mean that COVID-19 is over. It means that COVID-19 no longer controls our lives.”
Biden acknowledged that cases are ticking up in some areas, “as we thought they might, but now thanks to the foundation we’ve laid, America has the tools to protect people,” he said.
Biden received his second booster dose of the vaccine developed by Pfizer PFE, -0.39% and German partner BioNTech BNTX, +4.82%, which is now authorized for everyone aged 50 and older.
The president also reiterated his call for Congress to provide more funding for that program and for the overall COVID response, after it was removed from a recent spending bill because of a disagreement about how it would be financed.
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