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Federal agency
The White House COVID-19 Response Team was the task force during the
presidency of Joe Biden to respond to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States . It was set up by
Joe Biden on his first day in office
[1] – January 20, 2021 – and replaced
President Trump 's
White House Coronavirus Task Force and
Joe Biden 's transitional
COVID-19 Advisory Board .
The task force was established by
Executive Order 13987 .
The task force disbanded in May 2023 when the COVID-19 pandemic officially ended in the United States.
[2]
[3]
In July 2023, the Biden Administration created the Office of the Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy to help prepare the United States for the next pandemic.
[4]
Members
Member
Current
Appointment
Joe Biden
President of the United States
January 20, 2021
Kamala Harris
Vice President of the United States
January 20, 2021
Ashish Jha
Coordinator of the COVID-19 response
April 5, 2022
Lisa Barclay
Deputy Coronavirus Response Coordinator
April 13, 2022
David A. Kessler
Chief Science Officer of COVID Response Former
Commissioner of Food and Drugs Former Co-chair of the
COVID-19 Advisory Board Former Head of
Operation Warp Speed
January 20, 2021
Vivek Murthy
Surgeon General of the United States
January 20, 2021
Abbe Gluck
Special Counsel
January 20, 2021
Eduardo Cisneros
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
January 20, 2021
Ben Wakana
Director of Strategic Communications and Engagement
January 20, 2021
Clarke Humphrey
Digital Director
January 20, 2021
Dr. Cyrus Shahpar
Data Director
January 20, 2021
Tom Inglesby
Testing Coordinator
January 12, 2022
[5]
[6] [
citation needed ]
Dr. Thomas Tsai
Testing and Treatments Coordinator
June 1, 2022
[7]
Tim Manning
Supply Coordinator
January 20, 2021
Dr. Nahid Bhadelia
Senior Policy Advisor for the Global COVID-19 Response
July 15, 2022
[8]
Rochelle Walensky
Director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
January 20, 2021
Former members
Member
Current
Appointment
End of Tenure
Andy Slavitt
White House Senior Advisor
January 20, 2021
June 9, 2021
[9]
Bechara Choucair
Vaccinations Coordinator
January 20, 2021
November 22, 2021
[10]
[11]
Carole Johnson
Testing Coordinator
January 20, 2021
December 17, 2021
[6]
Jeffrey Zients
[12]
Covid-19 Response Coordinator
Assistant to the President
Counselor to the President
January 20, 2021
April 5, 2022
Natalie Quillian
Deputy Covid-19 Response Coordinator
January 20, 2021
April 13, 2022
[13]
Dr.
Anthony Fauci
Chief Medical Advisor to the President and Chief Medical Adviser for COVID Response Director of the
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Former member of the
White House Coronavirus Task Force
January 20, 2021
December 31, 2022
References
^ Hellmann, Jessie (January 20, 2021).
"Biden inauguration marks shift in scattered COVID-19 response" .
The Hill . Retrieved December 12, 2022 .
^
"CDC Archives" . archive.cdc.gov . Retrieved 2024-04-06 .
^ Diamond, Jeremy (2023-03-23).
"White House to disband Covid-19 response team in May | CNN Politics" . CNN . Retrieved 2024-04-06 .
^ House, The White (2023-07-21).
"FACT SHEET: White House Launches Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy" . The White House . Retrieved 2024-01-02 .
^
"White House Taps Inglesby as COVID Testing Coordinator" . US News & World Report . 12 January 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2023 .
^
a
b
"HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Welcomes Carole Johnson Back to HHS as New HRSA Administrator" . HHS.gov . December 17, 2021.
^
"Medicare fund buys time with pandemic and inflation" .
Politico . 3 June 2022.
^ Okun, Eli (14 July 2022).
"POLITICO Playbook PM: Biden to Iran: 'We're not going to wait forever' " . POLITICO . Retrieved 2022-08-25 .
^
"Andy Slavitt stepping down from White House Covid-19 response role" . Politico . June 9, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2021 .
^ Tozzi, John (November 21, 2021).
"Biden Vaccinations Coordinator Choucair Leaving White House" .
Bloomberg News . Retrieved December 26, 2021 .
^
"Bechara Choucair on LinkedIn: Today marks my last day as the White House Vaccinations Coordinator | 292 comments" . www.linkedin.com .
^
"White House Senior Staff" .
Biden-Harris Transition . Archived from
the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021 – via
Wayback Machine .
^ Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan (13 April 2022).
"White House taps top HHS lawyer as No. 2 Covid response official" . CNN . Retrieved 2022-08-29 .
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Impacts
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Institutions
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Organizations
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