State of emergency for COVID: Why officials are using the declaration to address rising infections
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Health: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, said it’s not yet clear how long emergency orders will last for COVID-19—and the introduction of Omicron has muddled the question even further.