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President-elect Joe Biden has formed a special transition team dedicated to coordinating the coronavirus response across the government, according to documents obtained by POLITICO and people familiar with the decision.
The group consists of dozens of transition officials and cuts across a slew of federal agencies, in a sign of the comprehensive approach that Biden is planning to take toward combating the worsening pandemic.
The Covid-19 team has not yet been formally announced and is largely separate from the coronavirus task force that Biden unveiled Monday, which is primarily advising Biden and handling the incoming administration’s public messaging. The transition group, still in its infancy, met virtually for the first time on Tuesday and is likely to lay the groundwork for a White House Covid-19 response team to be created after Biden is inaugurated, one member of the team said.
Still, the team’s work is likely to be slowed until the Trump administration authorizes a presidential transition — a delay that’s kept transition staff out of federal agencies and that health officials worry could set back the pandemic response.
A spokesperson for the Biden transition declined to comment.
Altogether, the team consists of 52 transition officials, including representatives reviewing nearly every major federal agency, with plans to meet by video call as frequently as once a day. It has also enlisted dozens of additional state-level health experts and academics to serve as subject-matter experts who can aid specific policy efforts. It’s expected that Biden’s 13-member coronavirus task force will also eventually be integrated into the Covid-19 transition team. ...
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