TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – Ohio health officials held a press conference Thursday to mark the end of the federal government’s national public health emergency over Covid-19.
Three years later, a national emergency It is allowed The government will take additional measures to prevent the epidemic. President Biden Signed Legislation ending the state of emergency last month.
The transition That is. Many Americans will have to pay for Covid-19 tests and some treatments. The federal government will continue to pay for vaccinations.
Separately, the World Health Organization he said. Last week, the COVID-19 pandemic was dismissed as a global emergency.
Ohio has confirmed more than 3.4 million cases of COVID-19 as of March 2020, though health officials say at-home testing has made tracking data difficult. The state also announced that more than 140,000 people have been hospitalized due to the virus.
More than 42,000 Ohioans have died from Covid-19 since March 2020, according to data from the Ohio Department of Health.
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