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New Biden pandemic plan: Closer to normal for the nation

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's main open.
time for America to stop "We know how to keep our
letting the coronavirus "dic- businesses and our schools
tate how we live," President open with the tools that we NEW
Joe Biden's White House have at our disposal," said
declared Wednesday, out- White House COVID-19 co-
lining a strategy to allow ordinator Jeff Zients. NORMAL
people to return to many Meanwhile, 140 million
normal activities safely af- Americans, or 43% have
ter two years of pandemic now had COVID, accord-
disruptions. ing to a new assessment
One highlight is a new "test from the Centers for Dis-
to treat" plan to provide ease Control and Preven-
free antiviral pills at phar- tion. That estimate comes
macies to people who test from a surveillance pro-
positive for the virus. gram that tested nearly
The 90-page National 72,000 blood samples that
COVID-19 Preparedness were sent to commercial
Plan spells out initiatives labs from late December
and investments to con- to late January. The sam-
tinue to drive down serious ples were checked for anti-
illness and deaths from the bodies from infection, and
virus, while preparing for were distinguishable from
potential new variants and antibodies that came from White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients removes a face mask as he prepares to
providing employers and vaccination. speak at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, April 13, 2021. Associated Press
schools the resources to re- Continued on next page