U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 5, 2021.
President Biden will deliver his first prime-Time address to the United States on Thursday (March 11) to mark the one-year anniversary of the national shutdown caused by the Communist Party’s viral outbreak, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.
Psaki announced the schedule at a news conference on Monday (March 8).
“He will discuss the many sacrifices the American people have made over the past year and the communities and families across the country that have suffered so much,” Psaki said. “The president looks forward to highlighting the role the American people will play in defeating the virus and moving the country back to normalcy.”
The speech will be Biden’s first prime-time address since his inauguration on Jan. 20. He will pay tribute to those who died during the outbreak, according to Psaki.
In his speech, Biden may also mention the $1.9 trillion Epidemic relief plan passed by the Senate last Saturday (March 6). Congress is expected to approve the measure on Tuesday (March 9) and then send it to Biden.
Last week, there was speculation about when Biden would deliver his State of the Union address to both houses of Congress. Normally, a new president gives that speech a month after taking office.
Psaki said last week, “We’re in a period of global epidemic, and certainly any joint session speech will be different than it has been in the past.” She also said the White House has been working closely with congressional leaders on the plan and the details of it.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday released long-awaited action guidelines for people who have been vaccinated. According to the guidelines provided by the agency, those who have been fully vaccinated can gather in households with unvaccinated people as long as the people in the household are low-risk and healthy.
In the past week, many states have relaxed various regulations related to the CCA virus, including wearing masks and allowing businesses to remain open at 100 percent capacity.
In recent days, Utah, Texas, Mississippi, Iowa, Montana and North Dakota have ended or are about to end their statewide mask-wearing orders. The governors of Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota and Tennessee have never required people to wear masks.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, said on March 4 that the state will end its mandatory mask requirement in about a month. He said that starting April 9, wearing a face mask will be “a matter of personal decision, not a matter of government mandating how to do it.
Even Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, announced that some regulations on the epidemic will be lifted, including capacity limits on businesses, corporations and sporting events. He said amusement parks could also be opened. But Lamont said the state’s order to wear masks will remain intact.
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