2020 US presidential election: Joe Biden, 77, to become longest-serving president-elect in US history
Washington, United States:
President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday pledged to appoint a panel of high-level scientists to his coronavirus task force on Monday – as the United States saw a weekend record of new daily cases.
After three days of records, 122,075 new cases were registered in 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University, a record in itself for a weekend.
Another 991 deaths were added to the growing number of victims, which now stands at 237,016.
“On Monday, I will appoint a group of leading scientists and experts as transition advisers to help implement the Biden-Harris plan and convert it into a real project that will begin on January 20, 2021,” Biden said. to its supporters.
The pledge came in his first speech since being screened as the winner of the presidential election, signaling that he plans to prioritize the pandemic from the start.
The United States is the hardest-hit country in the world in terms of total deaths and infections, which now stand at more than 9.8 million.
The epidemic has been increasing for weeks in almost every part of the country, with the Midwest feeling the worst effects.
Cases are expected to increase further as the country enters winter and people move on to socialize indoors, ideal conditions for the virus to spread.
Biden has placed his pandemic response plan at the center of his appeal to the American people, repeatedly criticizing President Donald Trump for gravely mismanaging the public health response.
He was rewarded on Saturday with the victory over his electoral rival after four days of tense counting.
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