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On his second day as commander in chief, President Joe Biden signed 10 executive orders aimed at getting the COVID-19 pandemic under control, but issued a stark warning to Americans: “Things are going to continue to get worse before they get better.”

With a burst of executive orders, President Joe Biden served notice Thursday that America's war on COVID-19 is under new command, promising an anxious nation progress to reduce infections and lift the siege it has endured for nearly a year.

The White House By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to address the disproportionate and severe impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on communities of color and other underserved populations, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Purpose. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated severe and pervasive health and social inequities in America. For instance, people of color experience syst...

Biden is expected to sign coronavirus-related executive orders and present some of his initiatives to the public Thursday afternoon.

President Joe Biden used his first full day in office to begin taking charge of the campaign against the coronavirus, promising to use the kind of centralized authority that the Trump administration had shied away from.

President Biden introduces new COVID-19 response plan Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Updated:  Tags:  Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON – Deep in the deadliest coronavirus wave and facing worrisome new mutations, President Joe Biden will kick off his national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and te...

WASHINGTON: Deep in the deadliest coronavirus wave and facing worrisome new strains, President Joe Biden will initiate a national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks including a requirement that Americans mask up for travel.

Biden on Covid-19 plan: "This is a wartime undertaking" From CNNs Adrienne Vogt President Joe Biden speaks about the Covid-19 response in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 21. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images President Biden called his plan to tackle the coronavirus pandemic “a wartime undertaking.” “Our national plan launches a full-scale wartime effort to address the supply shortages by ramping up production and protective equipment, syringes, needl...

Print this article President Bidens first full day in office will focus on the coronavirus pandemic, including new executive actions that signal a more aggressive federal approach than that employed by the Trump administration, according to the White House. With Biden aides complaining that the Trump administration left them with no national plan to follow, the new president on Thursday will sign 10 executive orders and other actions to jump-start his teams strategy to slow the spread of COVID...

Read more about Biden to direct agencies to use Defense Production Act in Covid-19 fight on Business Standard. Biden will issue an executive order on Thursday directing agencies to use the Defense Production Act (DPA) and other powers