Biden addresses conference of US mayors on virus

U.S. President Joe Biden outlined on Saturday his ministration's plan to fight coronavirus pandemic which includes mandatory mask-wearing on federal properties and public transport and a mass vaccination campaign. Speaking during a virtual conference to mayors of U.S. biggest cities, Biden urged citizens to wear face masks for 100 days until April, saying that experts estimate that as many as 50,000 lives could be saved by measure. He called on mayors to work with ministration and make sure people respect rules, including social distancing.

Biden ministration also released its strategy of vaccinating 100 million people in its first 100 days. president furr laid out a two-step plan for U.S ecomic recovery, which includes new social financial benefits and 350 billion U.S dollars to local government to keep workers ''on job.''

coronavirus pandemic has cost U.S loss of ten million jobs, highest number since Great Depression. U.S. has world's highest case number of 24.9 million confirmed coronavirus infections, with more than 417,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins university.