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Joe BidenLawmakers, activists remember civil rights icons to mark ‘Bloody Sunday’. Fauci predicts that high school students will receive coronavirus vaccines this fall. Biden appoints female generals whose promotions were supposedly postponed by Trump MORE will give a prime-time speech on Thursday to mark the country’s anniversary effectively fought due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“He will discuss the many sacrifices that the American people have made over the past year, and the serious losses that communities and families across the country have suffered,” press secretary Jen Psaki
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“The president will look forward to highlighting the role that Americans will play in fighting the virus and getting the country back to normal.”
The speech, which will be Biden’s first prime-time speech since taking office, will coincide with the one-year mark since then-President Trump
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An hour after Trump’s announcement, the NBA suspended its season due to a positive test, and it was revealed that Tom Hanks contracted the virus.
Daily life changed rapidly in the days that followed, when Americans were urged to avoid public meetings, wear masks and keep at least six feet from other people to slow the spread of the virus.
Approximately 1,000 Americans tested positive for the virus and more than 30 died by March 11, 2020. On Monday morning, more than 29 million Americans tested positive for the virus and at least 525,000 died of COVID-19, according to John’s Hopkins University.
Biden and other White House officials urged Americans to remain vigilant and continue to wear masks, even as vaccination rates are steadily increasing. Biden said over the weekend that the country will have enough vaccines for every American adult in mid-May.