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.
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