(GNB- Washington D.C.): President Jo Biden is set to address the nation for his first prime-time speech Thursday Thursday, March 11 to mark one year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic hitting the U.S. and prompting shutdowns across America.
Biden is expected to begin his speech at 8 p.m. Eastern from the White House.
In the speech, President Biden plans to discuss what the next steps will be in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
President Biden said on Wednesday, “I’m going to launch the next phase of the Covid response and explain what we will do as a government and what we will ask of the American people.”
White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced the address during Monday’s press briefing. She did not provide a time or say where the president will deliver remarks.
“He will discuss the many sacrifices that the American people have made over the last year and the grave loss communities and families across the country have suffered,” Psaki said. “The president will look forward, highlighting the role that Americans will play in beating the virus and moving the country to getting back to normal.”
More than 525,000 Americans have died from the COVID-19 virus, which began spreading in the U.S. one year ago. State lockdowns rapidly closed businesses across the country, spiking unemployment to a high of 14.8% last April before steadily improving.
The address will take place after Biden is expected to win final approval of his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Tuesday, when the House takes up a version of the legislation that the Senate voted 50-49 along party-lines Saturday to approve.
Thursday is the anniversary of the WHO declaring the coronavirus a pandemic, and also the day former President Donald Trump gave an address announcing strict travel restrictions on passengers arriving in the United States from hard-hit portions of Europe.
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