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© Reuters. FILEPHOTO: A medical staff administers the second dose Pfizer BioNTech coronavirus (COVID-19 vaccine) to an individual at Los Angeles’ Care Health Plan, which provides free testing at the First African Episcopal Church of Los Angeles.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Biden administration launched a website Wednesday to offer a central repository of COVID-19 information as part of a continuous effort to help Americans live with coronavirus.

COVID.gov was launched one day after U.S. officials approved a second booster shot to Americans 50 years and older, and for those with immunocompromised. This comes two years after the outbreak of the pandemic.

Joe Biden (who turned 79 last November) will get his fourth COVID shot. Later Wednesday, he’ll give an update to the nation about COVID-19 and deliver remarks at The White House.

Biden is set to address the nation at 12:30 p.m. (1700 GMT) and has received so far no nominations. Pfizer (NYSE) Inc/BioNTech se vaccine, although a fourth dosage of Moderna (NASDAQ:) Inc approved the shot on Tuesday.

According to a Reuters analysis, nearly 982,000 American have died of COVID over multiple waves since 2020.

While vaccines have made it possible to reduce severe illnesses and death rates, the public health authorities are still monitoring BA.2, an Omicron variant that accounts for over half of all U.S. case deaths.

The U.S. has said that there is no major increase in COVIDs, although they noted that COVID cases may rise from BA.2 and a later variant. These observations reflect the administration’s belief that the nation must adapt to this coronavirus.

Biden asked Congress to provide another funding tranche to cover current vaccines and treatment costs as well as for future preparedness in case of an outbreak. However, the money was not included in the federal funding bill.

But, Congressional Democrats claim they won’t take COVID funding alone. Biden warned that the U.S. would soon run out of supplies funding if it does not receive more support in March.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky and senior Biden administration officials have been scheduled to provide updates on Wednesday at a U.S. House meeting.

Jen Psaki was one of several White House communication staff members who recently tested positive for COVID.

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