BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua)-According to a comprehensive report, US President Biden will deliver his first prime-time national speech since he took office at 8: 00 pm local time on the 11th, and the US media expects that he will announce the signing of $1.9 trillion in COVID-19’s relief and anti-epidemic efforts to get 2 million doses of vaccine every day, and hand over his report card for fighting the epidemic and boosting the economy since he took office for 50 days. It is expected that he will also announce that "anti-epidemic" will enter the next stage.
Biden’s anti-epidemic report card
A White House official said that Biden’s speech on the evening of the 11th is expected to last for about 20 minutes, with the focus on remembering more than 500,000 people who lost their lives in the epidemic and providing hope for those whose lives have been forced to change. He will also introduce the work that Biden’s government has done to rapidly increase vaccination and the actions that still need to be taken to overcome the epidemic.
White House officials said that Biden’s speech will also promise the people to send a check for $1,400 as soon as possible.
According to the report, Biden’s challenge on the evening of the 11th was to encourage people to be vigilant in the case of "virus fatigue", stressing that they could not return to normal life even in the case of widespread vaccination.
Leading the United States through the public health crisis and economic storm was listed as one of Biden’s first tasks after taking office. Before delivering a speech that attracted worldwide attention, Biden had just made his first major legislative achievement in office. Congress passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bailout, and Biden officially signed the bill on the 11th.
The White House hopes that the bipartisan part of the $1.9 trillion rescue package will further increase Biden’s support rate. They also hope that the infrastructure package that Congress will push forward next will realize Biden’s commitment to bipartisan cooperation.
In addition, the United States will reach the goal of vaccinating 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine on the 11th at the earliest. After being elected president, Biden announced his plan for the first three hundred days, including "at least 100 million doses of vaccine".
"Anti-epidemic" enters the next stage?
Biden said on the 10th that he would "talk about what we have experienced as a country in the past year, but more importantly, I will talk about what will happen next."
He said: "I will start the next phase of the COVID-19 epidemic response and explain what we will do as a government and what we will ask the American people."
Biden said that his speech will focus on his administration’s plans for the next few months, and he reiterated that he will continue to call on Americans to keep social distance and wear masks to speed up the end of the epidemic.
Biden added: "After traveling in the dark for the past year, I finally saw the light at the end of the dark tunnel. We have real reasons to be hopeful. "