“We are not going to go back to lockdowns.

We are not going to go back to closing schools, ”TASS quotes Biden as saying at a press conference at the White House.

According to him, the United States is in a better position with the coronavirus situation than a year ago.

He added that the authorities have allocated $ 130 billion to take measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 in schools.

Earlier, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency due to the spread of the omicron coronavirus strain.