U.S. is extending Covid public health emergency through spring 2023 -- administration official

U.S. is extending Covid public health emergency through spring 2023, administration official says The public health emergency, first declared in January 2020 and renewed every 90 days since, has had a vast impact on the U.S. health-care system. Spencer Kimball CNBC

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The decision to extend emergency comes as public health officials are expecting another Covid surge this winter as people gather more indoors where the virus spreads easier. The future also remains uncertain as more immune evasive omicron subvariants become dominant in the U.S.

The Health and Human Services Department previously extended the public health emergency until January. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra has promised to give health-care providers 60 days notice before lifting the emergency declaration so they can prepare for a return to normal operations.

HHS did not send that notice out on Friday, the deadline, which means the emergency has been extended through the spring, the administration official said. ...