<Anchor>
U.S. President Biden unveiled its strategy to respond to the coronavirus.
Let's hear what strategy was announced in connection with Washington, and what's going on in Washington, where tensions were high ahead of the inauguration ceremony.
Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung, President Biden held a press conference a while ago?
<Reporter>
Yes, as soon as US President Biden entered the White House, he is taking a terrifying policy drive.
The biggest problem with the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus has been that there has been no systematic response strategy at the federal level.
Let's listen to President Biden firsthand.
[Biden/US President: We will overcome the Corona.
You will win the fight against this pandemic.
Action is needed as a united nation.
At this point, the most obvious thing I want to clarify is that a support plan is coming out.]
<Anchor>
Then, what specifically changes?
<Reporter> The
most important thing we should pay attention to is that it is mandatory to self-isolate as well as a diagnostic test upon entry to the United States.
Let’s listen to President Biden’s announcement again.
[Biden/U.S. President: When entering the United States from another country, you must be inspected before boarding an airplane.
And when you arrive in the United States, you must self-isolate.]
Specific plans are expected to be announced by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as guidelines.
The biggest problem in the U.S. is that vaccination is not fast enough, so we decided to increase access and increase vaccination personnel by using a large pharmacy with a national distribution network.
In this process, we also decided to use the State National Guard to speed up as much as possible.
We also decided to secure the necessary budget through cooperation with the Congress.
<Anchor>
Correspondent Kim, I can still see the barbed wire behind it, but it looks like the alert situation in Washington has not been resolved?
<Reporter> After the
inauguration ceremony, the National Guard mostly withdrew from major roads.
However, out of the 25,000 gathered, more than 6,000 will remain.
Demolition of the checkpoints here has also begun, with so many metal fences and concrete blocks spread across Washington, it is expected that it will take several more days.