Biden says he doesn't want lockdowns and won't expand vaccine mandates to fight Covid this winter - CNBC

President Joe Biden on Thursday said his plan to fight Covid during the winter months will not include new lockdowns or an expansion of the administration's current vaccination requirements.

The White House plan, unveiled earlier Thursday, comes after at least two cases of the highly mutated omicron variant were detected in California and Minnesota this week.

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Biden said the administration doesn't believe additional measures are needed at the moment but is developing contingency plans to develop new vaccines and boosters if they're needed to fight omicron?

"We are in a better position than we were a year ago to fight Covid-19," Biden said