On February 9, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra announced that the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 will expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. The announcement included a Letter to U.S. Governors and a fact sheet with a COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Transition Roadmap.
HHS stated that the PHE, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, will be ended because of improvements in COVID-19 trends. However, the Biden Administration emphasized that its response to the spread of COVID-19 remains a significant public health priority. Over the coming months, they intend to work closely with partners, including industry, to ensure an orderly transition of COVID-19 policies, as well as the current flexibilities enabled by the COVID-19 emergency declarations, into improving standards of care for patients.
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