Biden commemorates the around 400,000 corona deaths on the evening before inauguration
When he arrived in Washington, future US President Joe Biden thought of the more than 400,000 Americans who died of coronavirus infection. “Sometimes it is difficult to remember, but this is how we get healing”said Biden in a brief address at the Lincoln Memorial. Along the water basin in front of the memorial, 400 lights were lit for the deceased.
Biden emphasized that the country had to reunite after the four-year term of his predecessor Donald Trump. On the eve of the inauguration, Washington is usually crowded with people. Due to the corona pandemic and increased security measures on the occasion of the inauguration, the national promenade was almost deserted.
Instead of a crowd of well-wishers, thousands of US flags were displayed on the grassy area, which were set up in honor of all those who could not see Biden taking office.
“Though we may be physically separate, we the American people are united in spirit“said future Vice President Kamala Harris at the short ceremony.
The number of corona deaths in the USA had exceeded the threshold of 400,000 at the end of Trump’s term in office. According to the renowned Johns Hopkins University, the symbolic mark was exceeded on Tuesday. Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 24 million infections with the corona virus have been confirmed in the USA. (AFP)
