President-elect Joe Biden will announce a 12-member coronavirus task force on Monday, his first step toward fulfilling one of his biggest campaign promises, to mount an effective response to the pandemic that has infected millions and damaged people. United States economy.
The task force will be co-chaired by former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, a professor of public health at Yale University, according to a person familiar with His plans. It will also include Ezekiel Emanuel, a former health adviser to the Obama administration.
The task force co-chairs are scheduled to report to Biden on Monday after the members are announced.
The announcement was first reported by Axios.
Biden has promised a much stronger response to the pandemic than he says President Donald Trump has done. The virus has infected 9.7 million people in the US and has killed more than 236,000 people as the number of daily cases continues to rise.
Kessler and Murthy were deeply involved in guiding Biden’s campaign plans to respond to the virus, reporting to Biden regularly, helping develop policy, and helping senior officials organize safe campaign events.
Biden’s plan calls for increased testing capacity, funding for businesses and schools to reopen safely, and finally a vaccine distributed fairly and free.
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