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President Biden on Tuesday received his fifth COVID-19 vaccine shot while warning viewers that the virus was still a threat — despite calling the pandemic “over” more than a month ago.
“Mr. President, is COVID still a national emergency?” a reporter asked Biden as he got his latest shot in the office building next door to the White House.
“It’s a necessity to deal with to make sure it doesn’t become one,” the president replied.
Biden has not formally ended the national emergency declaration that gives the government special powers to address the virus — despite saying in a CBS “60 Minutes” interview Sept. 18 that “the pandemic is over.
