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Nita Lleshi
- December 4, 2020 23:29
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The former US vice president has offered his support for the passage of an unprecedented $908 billion aid package, which has generated bipartisan support from members of Congress.
The US president-elect, Joe Biden, has warned on Friday of a "dark winter", which could increase the pain caused by the coronavirus pandemic if Congress does not immediately pass the emergency aid package.
Such a warning was made on the day when the United States of America marked the second gloomy day in a row in terms of the number of people infected and dead as a result of COVID-19, a disease that on Friday also resulted in the slowdown of the labor market in November, reports KOHA.
"This entire situation requires urgent action," Biden said. "Americans need help and they need it now."
Former US Vice President Biden has offered his support for the passage of an unprecedented $908 billion aid package, which has generated bipartisan support from members of Congress. But he has said the package would be "just the beginning" and has vowed to press for additional assistance when he takes over the White House in January.
The president-elect has focused heavily on the pandemic crisis and the transition economy after a campaign in which he criticized President Donald Trump's handling of the health emergency.
Commenting on the important developments surrounding the approval of the vaccine of the companies "Pfizer" and "BioNTech" against COVID-19, Biden also expressed his willingness to take this cure publicly to demonstrate its effectiveness to the citizens.
With this, Biden has joined similar initiatives of former American presidents - Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George Bush. He assured that the moment the country's leading expert on infectious diseases, Anthony Fauci, declares that the vaccine is effective, he will appear before the public.
Fauci held a meeting with the president-elect on Thursday, in which Biden asked him to remain part of his next administration as a top health adviser. The debate over vaccination has flared up after the UK on Wednesday became the first western country to approve Pfizer's vaccine against COVID-19. The action taken in record time was criticized by the American expert Fauci. But he pushed back against the criticism on Friday, publicly apologizing. He has said that he is convinced that the British know what they are doing and that they are professionals. British drug regulators have approved Pfizer's vaccine, claiming they have rigorously reviewed the data and have no concerns about its efficacy.
