WILMINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden vowed Saturday immediate action to contain the coronavirus crisis in the United States, signaling science would dominate the national response once Donald Trump leaves the White House.
Biden’s pledge, in his first national address since defeating Trump, followed three days of record infections in the United States and came as the nation’s death toll surpassed 237,000.
Critics of Trump have blamed this on his chaotic response, which has seen him discredit the top US infectious disease expert, discourage face masks and speak at crowded campaign rallies.
At Biden’s victory event, he announced top scientists would be appointed to his coronavirus task force.
“On Monday, I will name a group of leading scientists and experts as transition advisors to help take the Biden-Harris plan and convert it into an actual blueprint that will start on Jan. 20, 2021,” Biden said. (AFP)
