Washington:
An emotional President Joe Biden referred to as the milestone of more than 500,000 US deaths from Covid-19 “heartbreaking” on Monday and urged the nation to unite against the pandemic.
“I know what it’s like,” Biden mentioned in a national tv address, referring to his personal lengthy history of loved ones tragedies.
“I ask all Americans to remember, remember those we lost and those they left behind,” Biden mentioned. “I also ask us to act, to remain vigilant, to say socially distant, to mask up, to get vaccinated.”
Biden, accompanied by his wife Jill and Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff, then stood outdoors the White House to mark a moment’s silence in front of 500 candles representing the big figure.
A Marine Corps band played “Amazing Grace.”
Earlier, flags had been lowered more than the White House and at federal buildings across the nation and at embassies about the globe. The United States has the world’s highest death figure
Biden urged Americans to mourn and to bear in mind these lost but also to show determination.
“As a nation we cannot and must not let this go on,” he mentioned.
“We must end the politics and disinformation that’s divided families, communities,” he mentioned. “We have to fight this together as one people, as the United States of America.”
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