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Biden Covid group holds briefing as extra states raise pandemic restrictions

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President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 response group is holding a information briefing Friday on the coronavirus pandemic, which has contaminated greater than 28 million Individuals and killed not less than 520,356 in somewhat over a yr.

On Thursday, Democratic Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont mentioned numerous the state’s companies shall be allowed to reopen at full capability starting March 19. The transfer follows comparable measures from Texas and Mississippi, each run by Republican governors.

However prime U.S. well being officers, together with Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, are warning in opposition to rolling again public well being measures too quickly. They are saying it might reverse the present downward trajectory in infections and delay the nation’s restoration from the pandemic.

Learn CNBC’s stay updates to see the most recent information on the Covid -19 outbreak.

—CNBC’s Noah Higgins-Dunn contributed to this report.



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