On Thursday, US President-elect Joe Biden said he had asked the infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci to remain in his post and join his Covid-19 team after he takes office.
In an interview with CNN Biden said: “I asked him to stay on in the exact same role he’s had for the past several presidents. And I asked him to be chief medical adviser for me as well and to be part of the Covid team.”
Biden also said that on his first day in office he would ask Americans to wear masks for 100 days to help reduce transmission of the virus that is again surging in a country with the world’s highest number of deaths and infections.
He said: “I’m going to ask the public for 100 days to mask. Just 100 days to mask not forever.”
Biden said he planned to use government authority where possible to issue a standing order for masking in federal buildings as well as for interstate transportation, including on airplanes and buses.
To build trust in vaccines after they are approved, Biden said he was willing to be vaccinated in public.
