The US national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic ended Monday as President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan resolution in Congress to end it after three years.
The national emergency has allowed the government to take sweeping steps to respond to the virus and support the country's economic, health and welfare systems.
Some emergency measures have already been successfully terminated, while others are still in the process of being terminated. The public health emergency is set to end on May 11.
The White House issued a one-line statement Monday saying that Biden signed the measure behind closed doors, having publicly opposed the resolution but not to the point of issuing a veto.
Over 197 House Democrats voted against it when the GOP-controlled chamber passed it in February. Last month, with the measure passing the Senate by a vote of 68-23, Biden told lawmakers he would sign it.
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