In the USA, well over 100,000 people are currently infected with the coronavirus every day. The pandemic is unlikely to be under control when Joe Biden takes over government on Jan. 20. The newly elected President is therefore already setting the course. Incumbent Donald Trump does not want to recognize Joe Biden’s election victory. But the Democrat unwaveringly begins preparations to take over government in January. The top priority at the beginning of his term in office is likely to be the corona crisis.
“Will be President of Unification” Biden’s full-length victory speech
“Ready from the first day” — that is the promise of the new website of the newly elected US President Biden. And before he officially takes office, the democrat wants to drive stakes in: On Monday he wants to present a council of experts to contain the corona pandemic. His goal is to launch an action plan to overcome the Corona crisis on the day of his inauguration on January 20. “I want everyone to know: we will put our plan to get the virus under control on our first day,” announced Biden in his victory speech on Saturday evening in his hometown of Wilmington. The expert council should get a dual leadership, said Biden’s spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield on NBC News. It will be directed by Vivek Murthy and David Kessler. Murthy was the U.S. government’s chief health officer from 2014 to 2017, and Kessler previously headed the FDA’s Food and Drug Administration. They have been advising on the pandemic since March, Bedingfield said.
Corona spreads in the USA Texas alone has more infected people than Germany
The pandemic and the economic consequences of the Corona crisis are likely to be Biden’s greatest challenge at the beginning of his term in office. Biden has promised voters to listen to the recommendations of science in order to contain the infection rate. Without defeating the virus, “we cannot repair the economy, restore momentum, or enjoy the best moments in life,” Biden said on Saturday. All generations of a family should be able to meet again, birthday parties and weddings should be possible again, demanded Biden. He will “spare no effort or commitment,” promised Biden. The pandemic remains completely out of control in the United States, a country of around 330 million people. The authorities there recently reported an average of around 100,000 new infections per day. According to data from the New York Times, there have been more than 10 million confirmed infections and more than 238,000 related deaths in the US since the pandemic began. Biden accuses Trump of total failure in connection with the coronavirus and blames him for the deaths of thousands of Americans.
US media reported that Biden’s team is already planning a series of rulings on other policy areas that the president intends to sign immediately after he is sworn in. Among other things, he is said to want to overturn some of Trump’s strict immigration rules and initiate a return to the international climate protection agreement in Paris, reported the “New York Times”.