Surgeon general: New vaccine policies neither illegal nor unusual
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Sunday defended the administration’s new Covid vaccine requirements, calling them “an appropriate legal measure“ that fit in with traditional safety requirements in schools and workplaces.
“We have to put this in context. There are requirements that we put in workplaces and in schools every day to make sure that workplaces and schools are safe,” Murthy said on ABC’s “This Week.”
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Critics accused the president of exceeding his legal authority, a notion that Murthy rejected.
“These are focused on areas where the federal government has legal authority to act,” he said, adding: “We know these kind of requirements actually work to improve our vaccination rates.“
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Biden to announce new COVID-19 steps ahead of U.N. meeting, surgeon general says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will announce new steps to slow the spread of COVID-19 before the U.N. General Assembly meets, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said Sunday.
Murthy did not specify what those steps would be. The next session of the General Assembly opens Tuesday; the first day of general debate will be the following week.
Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Murthy defended Biden's efforts to expand vaccination in the United States.
"There will be more actions that we continue to work on, especially in the global front," he said.
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