National emergency due to Covid-19 has been ended in the US

US President Joe Biden has signed the bill to end the national emergency related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Biden approved the bill, which was proposed by Republican lawmakers and passed by both houses of Congress in recent months, to end the national emergency related to the Covid-19 pandemic declared in 2020. This will end a series of exemptions related to the pandemic under the federal health programs Medicare and Medicaid. Covid-19 measures had been largely relaxed in the country for a long time. Republicans, who oppose a number of public health regulations that came with the pandemic, such as vaccination and mask mandates, had brought the bill in question to the agenda, referring to Biden’s statement last year that “the Covid-19 pandemic is over.” The bill was passed in the House of Representatives with 220 yes votes to 210 no votes. It was passed in the Senate with 68 yes votes to 23 no votes. The White House Office of Management and Budget announced that the "national emergency" and "public health emergency" due to Covid-19 would be lifted on May 11 "to avoid confusion and uncertainty in health systems."