The White House will disband its COVID-19 response team after the dual national and public health emergencies end in May.
The White House will disband its COVID-19 response team after the dual national and public health emergencies end in May,reported on Wednesday, citing multiple sources close to the matter. The response team’s coordinator, Dr. Ashish Jha, is “likely” to depart the Biden administration after its dissolution, according to the.
“As a result of this administration’s historic response to Covid-19, we as a nation are in a safer, better place than we were three years ago,” a senior administration official said in a statement to the newspaper. “Covid no longer disrupts our lives because of investments and our efforts to mitigate its worst impacts. Covid is not over, fighting it remains an administration priority, and transitioning out of the emergency phase is the natural evolution of the covid response.
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