[TAO] PHE renewed

[Catherine Britain]

Greetings,

COVID-19 public health emergency renewed
Molly Gamble (Twitter <https://twitter.com/@mollygamblehr>) - Wednesday,
April 13th, 2022 Print
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The United States extended the COVID-19 public health emergency April
13, *Reuters
<https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-renews-covid-19-public-health-emergency-2022-04-13/>*
 reports.

HHS said it was renewing the public health emergency for another 90 days
and that it will give states 60 days' notice prior to the termination or
expiration of the declaration, according to a statement cited by *Reuters*.

The PHE declaration was set to expire April 16, but its renewal was widely
expected since the Biden administration had not warned states it would
lapse. The renewal extends the PHE's deadline to July 15.

The extension occurs amid political pressure to wind down the pandemic-born
flexibilities for people, providers and federal health programs.
Congressional Republicans have been urging President Joe Biden and HHS
Secretary Xavier Becerra to end the declaration for months, penning
<https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/lawmakers-call-on-biden-to-end-public-health-emergency.html>
a
letter to them in February to end the declaration of COVID-19 as a public
health emergency.

Healthcare providers take the opposite view, urging for renewal
<https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/hospitals-urge-hhs-to-renew-public-health-emergency.html>
of
the declaration amid ongoing concerns about workforce shortages, supply
chain disruptions, higher acuity health needs that were postponed
throughout the pandemic, effects of long COVID-19, vulnerable populations
who cannot be vaccinated and the potential for additional COVID-19 surges.

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Catherine S. Britain, Executive Director
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