Biden Administration Pushing for Covid-19 Funding

The Biden administration is issuing a new warning and pleading with lawmakers to secure additional Covid-19 funding. The administration says that the U.S. could potentially see 100 million Covid-19 infections this fall and winter and are working on funding packages to combat the virus. Last week, infections increased by more than 50% compared to the week before in at least eight states, while parts of New York rose to the ‘high’ designation of Covid-19 community level according to the CDC. That surge was driven by the new BA.2.12.1 variant which is an offset of the BA.2 sub-variant.