White House: Biden’s omicron COVID-19 speech won’t be ‘about locking the country down’

Published December 20, 2021 12:00am ET



President Joe Biden will not announce new restrictions when he addresses the nation amid an omicron COVID-19 case surge on Tuesday.

“This is not a speech about locking the country down,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Monday.

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