Biden eyes 4 July as ‘Independence Day’ from virus

Biden eyes 4 July as ‘Independence Day’ from virus

Biden delivers an address to the nation about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic from the White House in Washington. Reuters President Joe Biden said on Thursday he would direct US states to make all adults eligible for the coronavirus vaccine by May 1 and urged Americans to remain vigilant against the virus, hours after signing a $1. 9 trillion stimulus bill into law. In a primetime televised address on the first anniversary of the US pandemic lockdown, Biden spoke forcefully about the grim impact of the virus, and said he was working to speed COVID-19 vaccinations to create a greater sense of normalcy in the country by the July 4 Independence Day holiday. That date is a new goal for the president, who has warned Americans that further pain and death were still to come from the virus that has killed more than 530, 000 people in the United States, the most of any country. Coronavirus-related lockdowns and restrictions have cost millions of jobs. The virus was met with "denials for days, then weeks, then months, that led to more deaths, more infections, more stress, more loneliness," Biden said. "Finding light in the darkness is a very American thing to