Biden Announces 5-Day Mourning Period for COVID-19 Victims

U.S. President Joe Biden has declared a mourning period in memory of 500,000 Americans who lost their lives to the coronavirus. This was announced by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki during a press briefing, as reported by the RIA Novosti agency.

According to her, flags in the United States will be at half-staff for five days.

Data from the website worldometers.info, which is regularly updated, shows that throughout the pandemic, there have been 511,616 deaths from COVID-19 and more than 28.7 million infections reported in the U.S.