Biden unveils 13-member COVID-19 task force consisting of health experts, academics
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As the U.S. continues to grapple with the spread of COVID-19, President-elect Joe Biden, has announced the members of his coronavirus advisory board, consisting of former government health officials, academics, and major figures in medicine.
Biden also urged the American public to wear face masks.
Kim Hyo-sun reports.
Just days after U.S. President-elect Joe Biden declared victory in the election,... his transition team unveiled on Monday the members of his COVID-19 task force.
As expected, the team will be headed by Dr. Vivek Murthy, who led the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps under the Obama administration, David Kessler, a former FDA Commissioner and Marcella Nunez-Smith, a Yale physician and researcher.
The 13-member task force also includes Rick Bright, the former head of the vaccine-development agency, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, who was ousted by the Trump administration in April.
"This group will advise on detailed plans built on a bedrock of science, and that keep compassion, empathy, and care for every American at its core: Making rapid testing widely available, more widely available, much more widely available, and building a corps of contact tracers who will track and curb this disease while we prioritize getting vaccines first to the most at risk populations."
Highlighting that fighting the pandemic will be one of his top priorities,... Biden called on Americans to wear face masks.
"I implore you, wear a mask, do it for yourself, do it for your neighbor. A mask is not a political statement, but it is a good way to start pulling the country together. I want to be very clear. The goal of mask wearing is not to make your life less comfortable or take something away from you. It's to give something back to all of us, a normal life."
CNN explained that Joe Biden is taking the COVID-19 outbreak seriously,... at a time when over 230-thousand Americans have died from the virus.
Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News.
As the U.S. continues to grapple with the spread of COVID-19, President-elect Joe Biden, has announced the members of his coronavirus advisory board, consisting of former government health officials, academics, and major figures in medicine.
Biden also urged the American public to wear face masks.
Kim Hyo-sun reports.
Just days after U.S. President-elect Joe Biden declared victory in the election,... his transition team unveiled on Monday the members of his COVID-19 task force.
As expected, the team will be headed by Dr. Vivek Murthy, who led the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps under the Obama administration, David Kessler, a former FDA Commissioner and Marcella Nunez-Smith, a Yale physician and researcher.
The 13-member task force also includes Rick Bright, the former head of the vaccine-development agency, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, who was ousted by the Trump administration in April.
"This group will advise on detailed plans built on a bedrock of science, and that keep compassion, empathy, and care for every American at its core: Making rapid testing widely available, more widely available, much more widely available, and building a corps of contact tracers who will track and curb this disease while we prioritize getting vaccines first to the most at risk populations."
Highlighting that fighting the pandemic will be one of his top priorities,... Biden called on Americans to wear face masks.
"I implore you, wear a mask, do it for yourself, do it for your neighbor. A mask is not a political statement, but it is a good way to start pulling the country together. I want to be very clear. The goal of mask wearing is not to make your life less comfortable or take something away from you. It's to give something back to all of us, a normal life."
CNN explained that Joe Biden is taking the COVID-19 outbreak seriously,... at a time when over 230-thousand Americans have died from the virus.
Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News.