The Capitol in Washington, on the eve of Joe Biden's inauguration, January 19, 2020. -
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times
A sadly symbolic balance sheet.
The death toll from the coronavirus in the United States surpassed that of American soldiers killed in World War II on Wednesday.
Barely inducted, US President Joe Biden warned that his country would enter "the deadliest phase of the virus".
The English variant of the coronavirus continues to spread around the world, affecting at least 60 countries and territories, and worrying many states.
Almost a year after the start of the pandemic, the world's leading power is now deploring 405,400 deaths.
A figure which makes it the most bereaved country in absolute value but also the most affected country in terms of number of cases (more than 24.4 million).
A first symbolic milestone exceeded in April
The American toll of the epidemic had exceeded at the end of April that of the American soldiers killed in two decades during the conflict in Vietnam, a threshold with a strong symbolic significance as this war remains one of the greatest traumas experienced by Americans in the 20th century. .
Invested Wednesday in Washington, Joe Biden reaffirmed that the fight against the pandemic would be one of his priorities.
Among the first measures, he ordered the return of the United States to the World Health Organization (WHO), after the withdrawal decided by his predecessor Donald Trump in 2020, and signed a decree making the wearing of the mask and mandatory physical distancing for US officials working in federal buildings.
"We must put aside politics and finally face this pandemic as a Nation," he insisted, while Donald Trump has constantly minimized the health crisis.
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