Pres. Biden, Gov. Northam celebrate COVID restrictions lifted Photo: WINA
ALEXANDRIA (WINA) – President Biden on his way to Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Newport News stopped in an Alexandria indoor rock-climbing facility to help Governor Northam celebrate lifting of state COVID restrictions. The Governor said at 12:01 this morning, capacity and distancing restrictions imposed in Executive Order 72 in March 2020 are no longer in effect.
“We are closer to a more normal life than we’ve been in the past 14 months, and I don’t know about for you, but for me that feels really good”, Governor Northam said.
The Governor stated as of today, 66% of Virginia adults have received their first shot, and 54% are fully vaccinated. President Biden said that’s getting closer and closer to his goal that states have 70% of adults having gotten one shot by July 4, which he said will be our independence from this virus by Independence Day.
Aboard Air Force One En Route Hampton, Virginia 1:24 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: This afternoon, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, the President and the First.
Biden visits Virginia to tout progress fighting COVID-19, salute military families ahead of Memorial Day
By Kelly Hayes
HAMPTON, Va. - President Joe Biden on Friday celebrated progress made in the fight against COVID-19 during a visit to Virginia and later will deliver remarks saluting military families ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
Biden joined Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, at a business in Alexandria to tout the state’s success in the fight against COVID-19. Virginia on Friday eased all social distancing and capacity restrictions amid declining virus cases and widespread availability of vaccines.
In the afternoon, Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, where the president is set to honor military members and their family ahead of the holiday.
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Biden flew to Joint Base Langley-Eustis in southern Virginia
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Recalled his late son Beau s military service