Biden: US Likely Won’t Go Back Into Lockdown Over Delta Variant

President Joe Biden speaks about reaching 300 million COVID-19 vaccination shots in the State Dining Room of the White House on June 18, 2021. Evan Vucci/AP Photo

The prevalence of a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 probably won’t prompt the United States to reenter lockdown, President Joe Biden said on June 18.

“I don’t think so, because so many people have already been vaccinated,” he said at the White House when asked about the possibility.