Biden plans to sign 10 executive orders to deal with the pandemic on the second day as president

The president, Joe Biden, plans to sign up to 10 executive orders on Thursday regarding the management of the health crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the plans he released for his second day in office.

Among its objectives are to

accelerate the rate of vaccinations

, increase screening tests, increase the federal budget to the states to address the impact of COVID-19. 

Meanwhile, the statistics reveal grim new news.

Just on the day of Biden's inauguration, this Wednesday, the country registered a new record of daily deaths from the disease: at least

4,131 in 24 hours

, according to the count of our sister network NBC News. 

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In total, at least 24.5 million people have been infected in 12 months in the United States and 407,000 have died after contracting the virus, according to the same count.

Biden indicated for months that trying to mitigate its impact would be one of the most pressing issues once the office of president was up.

His predecessor, Donald Trump,

repeatedly downplayed the pathogen's dangerousness,

and his handling of the pandemic has been widely questioned. 

The new Administration on Thursday gave another sign of the change of gear it wants to give with respect to the previous one in this matter by granting Dr. Anthony Fauci, the new president's main medical adviser, the role of announcing to the World Health Organization the reinstatement of United States, after Trump withdrew the country from it. 

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"It is an honor for me to announce that the

United States will continue to be a member of the World Health Organization

[WHO]," said Fauci, who announced that the nation will also support the work of the UN health agency to bring vaccines, therapies and diagnoses to people in need, whether in rich or poor countries. 

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"This is a good day for the WHO and a good day for global health," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director general. 

One of the priorities for the new president is to accelerate the pace of vaccinations in the country, which began last month from priority groups such as seniors in residences and health,

but present several pending challenges

. 

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Many states report that they are running out of enough doses, and tens of thousands of people who made appointments to receive one of the two needed to gain immunity have had them canceled.

Biden has set an ambitious goal of delivering 100 million doses in 100 days.

In just over a month, the Trump Administration recorded the inoculation of 17 million doses, according to NBC News.

To achieve his goal, the new president believes he needs about $ 400 million from Congress. 

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To do this, it proposes to take advantage of the Defense Production Law to ensure that more vaccines are produced.

It also wants to create federal vaccination centers in stadiums and other large facilities, based on a model already used a few days ago by several states. 

Other measures it wants to implement is to

increase

health sector

workers

by

100,000

and use the National Guard to improve the supply of protective equipment such as masks and gloves, according to CNBC, another sister network of Telemundo. 

Among the executive actions that he plans to sign this Thursday, there is also one that provides for the obligation to wear face masks in airports, airplanes, trains and ships, and another to be able to give more money to schools to help them reopen. 

With information from NBC News, CNBC, AP.