US extends Public Health Emergency for 12th time – even though the “pandemic is over”

On October 13, 2022 Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services extended, for the 12th time, the declaration of a Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, even though on September 18, 2022 President Biden stated that the pandemic is over. [1]

The PHE was first declared effective January 27, 2020. [2]